A STEEL GOLD AND SILVER-OVERLAID BACK SCRATCHER
INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
The shaft with silver lattice containing gold floral sprays and animals, one extremity in the naturalistic form of a hand similarly decorated and picked out in gold, the other with a makara head supporting a tiger, loss to overlay, corrosion
15¾ in (40cm.) long
A STEEL GOLD AND SILVER-OVERLAID BACK SCRATCHER
INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
The shaft with silver lattice containing gold floral sprays and animals, one extremity in the naturalistic form of a hand similarly decorated and picked out in gold, the other with a makara head supporting a tiger, loss to overlay, corrosion
15¾ in (40cm.) long
