Page 174 - Chinese SIlver By Adrien Von Ferscht
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This is one of the strangest collections of Chinese Export Silver of the late 19th century - a set of four circa 1895
            muffineers and six pepperettes all from an obvious same family of silver and all bearing the CJ Co. mark.






                                                                                  This novelty condiment set in
                                                                                  the form of a coolie pushing a
                                                                                  barrow  holding  an  open  salt
                                                                                  in  the  shape  of  a  basket,  a
                                                                                  pumpkin  forming  a  lidded
                                                                                  mustard  pot  and  a  bamboo
                                                                                  shoot forming the pepperette.

                                                                                  Novelty  and  fun  objects
                                                                                  seems to have been what CJ
                                                                                  Co. liked best.
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