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For sale is this beautiful, early, Liberty & Co Japanese silver and gilt spoon with chrysanthemum bowl and leaf stem. With lovely detail to both the bowl and terminal, highlighted with gilding. This spoon is a rarity, dated for London 1893, the first year that Liberty entered their mark at the London assay office. It is also carries the “F” London import mark.
It is also marked S.M. whose mark typically appears on Liberty & Co’s silver in the 1893-1899 period. The S.M mark has been documented by Adrien von Ferscht, an expert on Chinese Export Silver, as originating from a little known Canton maker working in Yokaham, Japan, Sadajiro Musashiya . See this link for further information on this mark.
The spoon is in stunning original condition.
Dimensions
14 cmStock number
A868The BADA Standard
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