ANTIQUE 20thC JAPANESE SOLID SILVER TEA & COFFEE SERVICE ON TRAY, KONOIKE c.1900
20th Century Japanese Meiji period silver large seven-piece tea and coffee service on tray, comprising: a teapot, a coffee pot, a kettle on stand, a cream jug, a covered sugar bowl, a waste bowl, a covered entree dish on stand, and a large two-handled oval tray. Simply exceptional and magnificent quality, chased and embossed with compressed chrysanthemum flowers in very high relief, with elegant dragon-form handles, body applied with petal shaped spouts, realistically modelled dragons applied with elongated flowing whiskers and sharp claws.
Hallmarked with the makers mark for Konoike, Yokohama, Pure Silver.
Reference Number: A5618 / A5600
DESCRIPTION
Antique early-20th Century Japanese Meiji period, solid silver large seven-piece tea and coffee service on tray, comprising: a teapot, a coffee pot, a kettle on stand, a cream jug, a covered sugar bowl, a waste bowl, a covered entree dish on stand, and a large two-handled oval tray. Simply exceptional and magnificent quality, chased and embossed with compressed chrysanthemum flowers in very high relief, with elegant dragon-form handles, body applied with petal shaped spouts, realistically modelled dragons applied with elongated flowing whiskers and sharp claws. Hallmarked with the makers mark for Konoike, Yokohama, Pure Silver (950+ high grade silver).
CONDITION
In Great Condition - No Damage.
SIZE
KETTLE ON STAND
Height: 35cm
Width: 19 x 16cm
Weight: 1280g
DISH ON STAND
Height: 27cm
Width: 40 x 26cm
Weight: 1885g
COFFEE POT
Height: 21cm
Width: 19 x 17cm
Weight: 815g
TEAPOT
Height: 20.5cm
Width: 15 x 13cm
Weight: 495g
SUGAR BOWL
Height: 11cm
Width: 15 x 10cm
Weight: 310g
WAIST BOWL
Height: 7cm
Width: 11cm
Weight: 175g
CREAM JUG
Height: 9cm
Width: 14 x 10cm
Weight: 225g
TRAY
Height: 11cm
Width: 63 x 48cm
Weight: 4720g
