Silver tea set
CHINA - 20th century
Estimate : 2 000 - 3 000 €
Sold 4 500 €
Silver tea service including six cups, saucers, spoons, sugar tongs and matching coffee pot. Incised decoration of archaic characters, lotuses and kingfishers.
Hallmarks under the bases
WuHuaLou (物華樓, store name)
Created in 1881, by Yan Xinhou (1838-1907), in Tianjin.
Coffee pot: Width: 17.5 cm
Tray: Diameter: 26.3 cm
Silver 800°/°°
Gross weight: 2265.1 g
Teapot: 468 g
Cups: 424 g
Under cups: 502 g
Sugar tongs: 25 g
Spoons: 68 g
Display stand: 588 g
A circular tray with incised decoration of dragons chasing the sacred pearl and bearing a different mark.
Silver tea set - CHINA - 20th century
Silver tea set - CHINA - 20th century
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