chased and decorated with floral scrolls, the bowl with handles in the form of lizards / crocodiles, both stamped 'O.M BHUJ' for Oomersee Mawji, Kuch, India, circa 1870. Sugar caster 12.7 cm high, bowl 10cm highMawji was one of the two great Indian masters at rendering animals and was appointed court silversmith to His Highness The Maharao of Kutch. Mawji created extraordinarily beautiful objects many depicting life and death struggles amongst vivid scenery with great attention to detail.