ANTIQUE 20thC JAPANESE SOLID SILVER COFFEE SET ON TRAY, ARTHUR & BOND c.1900
Antique early-20th Century Japanese Meiji period, solid silver coffee set with sugar tongs on wood serving tray, exceptional and magnificent quality, applied with bamboo leaves and bamboo c-form handles, on bolbous plain ground. Hallmarked with the retailers mark for Arthur & Bond, Yokohama, Sterling (925 standard). The English company was based in Yokohama, Japan during the Meiji period. Their high quality silverware and statement pieces were particularly sought after especially by foreign travellers and English gentlemen living in Japan.
Reference Number: A8950
DESCRIPTION
Antique early-20th Century Japanese Meiji period, solid silver coffee set with sugar tongs on wood serving tray, exceptional and magnificent quality, applied with bamboo leaves and bamboo c-form handles, on bolbous plain ground. Hallmarked with the retailers mark for Arthur & Bond, Yokohama, Sterling (925 standard). The English company was based in Yokohama, Japan during the Meiji period. Their high quality silverware and statement pieces were particularly sought after especially by foreign travellers and English gentlemen living in Japan.
Located in Yokohama, Japan, the firm catered mainly to English expatriates and foreign travelers. They retailed and manufactured not just silverware but also gold lacquer, chased, hammered and inlaid metal works, ivory carvings, embroideries, cloisonne, porcelain, furniture and domestic items as stated in their business cards.
The firm opened a second branch in Kobe, Japan and a shop in London, 52 St. Mary Axe and its products were retailed in America by G. W. Sheldon & Co.
Their most famous commission is undoubtedly the Liscum Bowl, treasured by the 9th United States Infantry and realised as a memorial of Col. Liscum killed in China in 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion. The bowl, made from bullion rescued by the U.S. Army and featuring Imperial dragons, shows an excellent manufacture and is considered one of the finest artworks of that period.
In 1923 the firm suffered a consistent loss due to the Kanto earthquake and no later record survived.
CONDITION
In Great Condition, wear to the wood tray.
SIZE
TRAY
Height: 7.5cm
Width: 43cm
Depth: 28cm
Weight: 800g
COFFEE POT
Height: 18cm
Width: 17cm
Depth: 10cm
Weight: 500g
SUGAR BOWL
Height: 11cm
Width: 16cm
Depth: 10cm
Weight: 290g
CREAM JUG
Height: 8cm
Width: 16cm
Depth: 10cm
Weight: 225g
SUGAR TONGS
Height: 2cm
Width: 13cm
Depth: 4cm
Weight: 30g