ANTIQUE 19thC JAPANESE MEIJI SOLID SILVER EXCEPTIONAL TEA SET, K.UYEDA c.1890
19th Century Japanese Meiji Period silver 4 piece tea & coffee service, very heavy gauge, the sides intrecatly hand engraved on matted ground, coffee pot, teapot and sugar bowl lids applied with realistically modeled chrysanthemum finials and the swinging handles bound with wicker for insulation. All hallmarked with Japanese Sterling marks (925+), silversmith marks K.UYEDA.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A4843
DESCRIPTION
Antique late-19th Century Japanese Meiji Period solid silver 4 piece tea & coffee service, very heavy gauge, the sides intrecatly hand engraved on matted ground, coffee pot, teapot and sugar bowl lids applied with realistically modeled chrysanthemum finials and the swinging handles bound with wicker for insulation. All hallmarked with Japanese Sterling marks (925+ silver purity), silversmith marks K.UYEDA.
Founded in 1884 by Kichigoro Uyeda, Ginza Dentsu Street (Old Minamisaeki-cho, Kyobashi-ku), Tokyo.
Kichigoro Uyeda, mastered English on his own and started a business as an art store for people from overseas. In his store, pendants, brooches and earrings made with Hirado handiwork (a traditional handiwork style consisting of patterns drawn using thin silver wire and decorated with Cloisonné) captured people's attention as well as a variety of Satsuma porcelain vases, plates and silver tableware or ornaments. It was said that customers from overseas loved his products and longed to snap them up from the store.
In 1923, Fujiro Uyeda, the second-generation owner opened a store in the Imperial Hotel Arcade, Tokyo, which had been designed by world-renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Opening the store in this newly-built hotel with a welcoming home-like environment for distinguished guests from all over the world has made Uyeda Jeweller's name spread domestically and internationally. The store's autograph book includes names of celebrities like Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Sophia Loren, Charlton Heston, Gina Lollobrigida and Frank Sinatra, and big names from the political and financial world such as Mr. and Mrs. MacArthur, Mr. and Mrs. Kissinger and Mr. and Mrs. Reischauer. Company active 1884 - present, now focusing mainly on jewellery.
CONDITION
In Great Condition - No Damage.
SIZE
OFFEE POT
Height: 20cm
Width: 24 x 19cm
Weight: 1090g
TEAPOT
Height: 20cm
Width: 24 x 19cm
Weight: 1090g
SUGAR BOWL
Height: 15cm
Width: 14 x 14cm
Weight: 745g
CREAM JUG
Height: 6.5cm
Width: 15.5 x 11cm
Weight: 405g
