Silver Fish Set with Mother of Pearl Handles
A set of silver-plated fish knives and forks with hardwood canteen, early 20th century, for six place settings, the service with Mother of pearl handles, engraved details and embossed silver ferrules in the original canteen, length 8.07 in. and smaller
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- Canteen - A small cabinet, table or a box with drawers or lift out trays, for storing a set of cutlery.
- Mother-Of-Pearl - Mother-of-pearl, technical name "nacre", is the inner layer of a sea shell. The iridescent colours and strength of this material were widely used in the nineteenth century as an inlay in jewellery, furniture, (especially papier mache furniture) and musical instruments.
In the early 1900s it was used to make pearl buttons. Mother-of-pearl is a soft material that is easily cut or engraved.
Nowadays it is a by-product of the oyster, freshwater pearl mussel and abalone industries. - 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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