A silver-plated model of a camel and rider India, 19th/ 20th Century standing on four hooved feet, the rider carrying a sword and shield, the saddle and textiles decorated in repoussé and chasing with Kutch style floral, foliate and scrolling vine designs, the reins of twisted wire, the sides with suspension rings hung with bells 46.3 cm. high Footnotes: This lot may be related in type to a silver statue of an Indian couple riding a camel sold at Christie's, Home and Interiors, 14 January 2014, lot 76. Camels were popular as Orientalist decorative motifs in Victorian and Edwardian Britain, as evidenced by the camel-inspired centrepieces and testimonial silver pieces made by British firms like Elkington & Co.; the present lot may have been intended for the British domestic market. For an example of designs for testimonial silver pieces featuring camels with palm trees, see Wynard Wilkinson, 'Testimonial Plate: Swashbuckling Silver,' in Delight in Design: Indian Silver for the Raj, ed. Vidya Dehejia, Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing, 2008, p.66. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing