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Reference: S11496
Period: George IV
Year: 1825-1850
Silversmith: E
Place: Canton, China
Price: $ 260.00
Weight: 47 grams
Dimensions: 17.8 cm
Condition: Fair to good, slight wear to bowl tip, 1 cm dent to bowl, some oxidation spots, this spoon has been well used.
Description: A Chinese Export silver dessert spoon in the Fiddle pattern, by a rare unidentified maker who used a letter E makers mark. The spoon has original owners engraved initial (I or Y) in Gothic script. The hallmarks are very clear, and include a very distinctive pseudo lion passant without tail, makers mark E with a very distinctive font, pseudo crowned leopard's head and pseudo duty mark. This mark is depicted in the book "Chinese Export Silver 1785-1885 by Forbes, page 244, figure 235, which are present on an egg set. The maker E worked in the 2nd quarter of the 19th century in Canton.
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Rare Chinese Export Dessert Spoon - Unknown Maker E
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