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Americana: Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Chinese Export Art, Prints, Photographs, Books, and Historical Documents
Chinese Export Silver Liqueur Set, Maker's Mark Gothic K, Canton, Circa 1840-50
Lot Closed
January 23, 05:21 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Chinese Export Silver Liqueur Set, Maker's Mark Gothic K, Canton, Circa 1840-50
probably for the Ottoman market, the hexafoil stand raised on three feet cast with a shell and foliage, the applied grapevine rim matched by a border of flat-chased grapevine on surface, all enclosing a circular container with slip-lock cover and a detachable revolving frame fitted with twelve cups, marked on base of stand and base of each cup
56 oz
1741.6 g
diameter 11 5/8 in.
29.5 cm
Adrien von Ferscht has linked the Gothic K mark with a retail silversmith active in Canton between 1840 and 1875. It is interesting to note that this mark has been found on a set of Chinese Export silver and enamel zarfs made for the Ottoman Turkish market. This mark can also be found on two Torah Tik cases commissioned by the Sassoon family and sold Sotheby's New York, Sassoon: A Golden Legacy, December 17, 2020, lot 38.