Page 682 - Chinese SIlver By Adrien Von Ferscht

T.P.
Place of manufacture undocumented
circa 1880-1920

“Prevention is better than cure”, it is said, and the inclusion of this mark is simply to prevent help further errors
being made on its identity. This mark is not the mark of a Chinese silversmith. It is a silver mark from India and
for reasons unknown, the silversmith chose to create silver in the Chinese style. Tea sets have been known to
come through auction houses and have been identified wrongly as being Chinese.

What might look like a Chinese silver tea
caddy at first glance is deceiving.
It is not a Chinese mark; I have strong
doubts if it was ever intended to be a
caddy.

It certainly isn’t Chinese, even though the
auction house that sold it described it as
“Chinese Export Silver Sterling”.

http://chinese-export-silver.com
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