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MARK OF CUTSHING, CANTON, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER THREE-PIECE TEA SERVICE**
MARK OF CUTSHING, CANTON, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
In the Regency taste, comprising a teapot, covered cream jug and open sugar bowl, each squat circular with fluted lower bodies, fluted covers and acanthus-clad angular handles, the tea pot with ivory insulators, each marked on reverse
The teapot 8¾ in. (22.3 cm.) high; 81 oz. 10 dwt. (2,544 gr.) gross weight (3)
MARK OF CUTSHING, CANTON, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
In the Regency taste, comprising a teapot, covered cream jug and open sugar bowl, each squat circular with fluted lower bodies, fluted covers and acanthus-clad angular handles, the tea pot with ivory insulators, each marked on reverse
The teapot 8¾ in. (22.3 cm.) high; 81 oz. 10 dwt. (2,544 gr.) gross weight (3)
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand H. Davis
The Chait Collection of Chinese Export Silver
The Chait Collection of Chinese Export Silver
Literature
H. A. Crosby Forbes, Chinese Export Silver, 1785-1885, p. 99, p. 188, illus. no. 36, fig. 87
Architectural Digest, July 1982, p. 83
John Devereux Kernan, The Chait Collection of Chinese Export Silver, 1985, illus. no. 23, pp. 42-43
Architectural Digest, July 1982, p. 83
John Devereux Kernan, The Chait Collection of Chinese Export Silver, 1985, illus. no. 23, pp. 42-43
Exhibited
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1975-1981
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
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