A fine Indian silver tea caddy, 950 silver, 19th century the heavily embossed and chased lozenge shape tea caddy with elephant twin handles, each rectangular side decorated with a caparisoned elephant or a dancing figure on a mythical creature, against an intricate ground of flower heads and scrolls, the lid with four figures and a bulbous finial, engraved to the underside 'Bought a Trichinipily on Nov 6, 1893', Unmarked. W: 301g H: 12.5 cm W: 15 cm