Chinese Sterling Silver Peppers and Spoons
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A pair of Chinese sterling silver Peppers and three spoons, early 20th century, the glass peppers of pinched form overlaid to the body with silver bamboo decoration and with silver mounts, marked sterling 950 underside; the Shanghai style spoons with scroll and lingzhi finials and slender straight stems, bowls engraved with symbols of prosperity and insects; with maker's marks. Total weight 207gr. Spoon length 18.5 cm. Pepper height 8 cm
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- Finial - An architectural decoration, found on the upper parts of of an object. On furniture they are usually found on pediments, canopies and shelf supports. On smaller ceramic or silver items, such as spoons, they may decorate the top of the item itself, or the lid or cover where they provide a useful handle for removal.
Finials have a variety of shapes and forms. They may be urn-shaped, baluster shaped round or spiral, but usually taper into an upper point. Many real life shapes may also be used as finials, such as pineapples, berries, pinecones, buds, lotus and acorns. Sometimes animals such as a lion are depicted, or fish and dolphins. - Sterling Silver - Sterling silver is a mixture of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% of another metal, usually copper. Fine silver is 99.9% pure silver, and is relatively soft and the addition of the very small amount of copper gives the metal enough strength and hardness to be worked into jewellery, decorative and household objects.
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