Japanese-inspired Sterling Silver Tea & Coffee Set
An exceptional Aesthetic movement English sterling silver four piece tea and coffee service, finely engraved with Japanese inspired decoration, made by Richard Martin & Ebenezer Hall of London, circa 1882. Diamond pattern registration mark for 1875, the tallest 7.48 in. high, 2170 grams total.
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- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
- 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.
- Engraving - The method of decorating or creating inscriptions on silver and other metal objects by marking the surface with a sharp instrument such as a diamond point or rotating cutting wheel.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- Aesthetic movement - silverware 25
- coffee sets/services - silver items 444
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tea sets/services
- silver, four piece 317
- silver, Victorian 328
