COLLECTION OF SIX SILVER SERVING DISHES AND DECORATIVE PORCELAIN ITEMS - LATE 19TH TO EARLY 20TH CENTURY

A SUBSTANTIAL COLLECTION COMPRISING FOUR STERLING SILVER SERVING BOWLS WITH BEADED RIM BORDERS, TWO DECORATIVE PORCELAIN PIECES INCLUDING A HAND-PAINTED PLATE WITH RUST AND CREAM TONES DEPICTING BIRDS AND FLOWERING BRANCHES IN THE CHINESE EXPORT STYLE, AND A LIDDED PORCELAIN BOX WITH GILT METAL MOUNTS AND PORCELAIN HANDLE FEATURING POLYCHROME FLORAL RESERVES ON A CREAM GROUND.

SILVER SERVING BOWLS:
FOUR OVAL STERLING SILVER BOWLS WITH CHARACTERISTIC BEADED BORDERS AND GENTLY CURVED SIDES. THE BOWLS DISPLAY THE HALLMARKS OF QUALITY ENGLISH SILVERWARE PRODUCTION, WITH CONSISTENT GAUGE AND REFINED PROPORTIONS. TWO LARGER BOWLS MEASURE APPROXIMATELY 28 CM IN LENGTH, WHILST TWO SMALLER EXAMPLES MEASURE APPROXIMATELY 22 CM. ALL FOUR PIECES EXHIBIT THE PATINA CONSISTENT WITH GENUINE STERLING SILVER AND PERIOD USE, WITH NO EVIDENCE OF REPLATING OR RESTORATION.

PORCELAIN ITEMS:
THE DECORATIVE PLATE FEATURES HAND-PAINTED DECORATION IN THE CHINESE EXPORT TRADITION, WITH RUST-COLOURED BIRDS AND FLOWERING BRANCHES SET AGAINST A PALE CELADON GROUND WITH RUST-COLOURED RIM BAND. THE PALETTE AND BRUSHWORK ARE CONSISTENT WITH LATE 19TH-CENTURY EXPORT PORCELAIN PRODUCTION. THE LIDDED BOX DISPLAYS POLYCHROME FLORAL PAINTING IN RESERVES AGAINST A CREAM GROUND, WITH GILT METAL MOUNTS TO THE RIM AND BASE, AND A HAND-PAINTED PORCELAIN HANDLE IN MATCHING PALETTE. THE LID LIFTS TO REVEAL A WHITE PORCELAIN INTERIOR.

CONDITION:
THE SILVER BOWLS DISPLAY THE EXPECTED PATINA OF AGE AND USE, WITH MINOR SURFACE SCRATCHES AND LIGHT TARNISHING THROUGHOUT. NO DENTS, SPLITS, OR SOLDER REPAIRS ARE EVIDENT. THE PORCELAIN PLATE SHOWS MINOR CRAZING TO THE GLAZE, CONSISTENT WITH AGE, WITH NO CHIPS OR CRACKS TO THE RIM OR BODY. THE LIDDED BOX IS COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL LID AND HANDLE, WITH MINOR WEAR TO THE GILT METAL MOUNTS AND LIGHT CRAZING TO THE GLAZE. ALL PIECES ARE STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND DISPLAY WELL.

PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION. NO MAKER'S MARKS ARE CLEARLY LEGIBLE ON THE SILVER BOWLS FROM STANDARD VIEWING ANGLES, THOUGH THE QUALITY OF CONSTRUCTION AND BEADED BORDER DESIGN ARE CONSISTENT WITH QUALITY ENGLISH PRODUCTION OF THE PERIOD. THE PORCELAIN ITEMS ARE UNMARKED TO THE BASE, TYPICAL OF EXPORT WARES OF THIS ERA.

THIS COLLECTION REPRESENTS A PRACTICAL ASSEMBLAGE OF QUALITY SERVING AND DECORATIVE WARES SUITABLE FOR FORMAL DINING AND DISPLAY, COMBINING THE REFINED UTILITY OF ENGLISH SILVERWARE WITH THE AESTHETIC APPEAL OF HAND-PAINTED EXPORT PORCELAIN.

Condition: Good - Refer To Images

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Location of item: 60 Marple Avenue, Villawood, NSW, Australia

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