A Japanese Export Three Piece Silver Tea Set and Silver and Rosewood Two-Handled Tray, Early 20th Century

A Japanese Export Three Piece Silver Tea Set and Silver and Rosewood Two-Handled Tray, Early 20th Century

Comprising teapot, covered sugar bowl and creamer, the teapot embossed and chased in high relief with a dragon which encircles the pot and continues to form the spout with well-modelled dragon-head, the creamer and sugar embossed to match, three-dimensional dragon handles, marked on bases in Japanese, translated Konoike Zo and Jungin(pure silver); matching tray embossed with two elongated dragons whose tails form the handles, all on spot-hammered grounds, the tray unmarked

47 oz 10 dwt

1477 g excluding tray

Height of teapot 5¾in.; Length of tray 19¼in.

14.6 cm; 49 cm