Five Straits Chinese Chased Silver Cups
Straits Settlements
19th century
height of each cup: 3.6cm; diameter at rim: 4.1cm
Probably these miniature cups were not intended for a wedding tea set but more to serve wine and other offerings on the household altar. Each is beautifully
gadrooned, with each alternate gadroon being finely chased with prunus (plum) blossoms.
Each cup has a good weight in the hand and is of relatively thick guage silver sheet.
There are no shop or silver marks.
It is likely that the cups are of Straits rather than mainland Chinese manufacture.
Provenance: From a collector who acquired them some years ago in Singapore.
Inventory no.: 644
Straits Settlements
19th century
height of each cup: 3.6cm; diameter at rim: 4.1cm
Probably these miniature cups were not intended for a wedding tea set but more to serve wine and other offerings on the household altar. Each is beautifully
gadrooned, with each alternate gadroon being finely chased with prunus (plum) blossoms.
Each cup has a good weight in the hand and is of relatively thick guage silver sheet.
There are no shop or silver marks.
It is likely that the cups are of Straits rather than mainland Chinese manufacture.
Provenance: From a collector who acquired them some years ago in Singapore.
Inventory no.: 644
