Chinese Dragon Cake Slices
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Two Chinese export reticulated silver cake Slices, 19th to early 20th century, one marked with Chinese characters, the other with marks for Lifeng & Co sterling, open work slices featuring writhing dragons, one with a finely embossed and chased handle with characters to the throat, the other with a textured scale-like handle, marks to throat to one, and rim of other, silver weight 144gr length 26 cm, and smaller
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- Embossed / Repousse - Embossing, also known as repousse, is the technique of decorating metal with raised designs, by pressing or beating out the design from the reverse side of the object.It is the opposite of chasing, where the decoration is applied from the front. An embossed or repoussed object may have chasing applied to finish off the design.
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