Chinoiserie silver tea bowl with ho-ho birds

An image of Tea Cup/Bowl. GS, silversmith, London. Maker's mark not attributed. Small hemi-spherical bowl on low reeded collet foot, in the shape of a Chinese tea bowl; the sides flat chased with scrolling foliage and hoho birds. Silver, raised and with flat chasing height, overall, 4.1 cm, diameter, rim, 8.2 cm, weight, whole, 46 g, 1683- 1684. Chinoiserie.

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Tea Cup/Bowl. GS, silversmith, London. Maker's mark not attributed. Small hemi-spherical bowl on low reeded collet foot, in the shape of a Chinese tea bowl; the sides flat chased with scrolling foliage and hoho birds. Silver, raised and with flat chasing height, overall, 4.1 cm, diameter, rim, 8.2 cm, weight, whole, 46 g, 1683- 1684. Chinoiserie.

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Accession Number: M/P.1-1944
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/45.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 766 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 111.98kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 45/1

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