Page 709 - Chinese SIlver By Adrien Von Ferscht

A matching pair of pounces
carrying the Tai Shan silver
mark.
They are quite similar to the
previously illustrated
example, but this pair use the
reticulated apertures between
the turtle’s teeth form the
actual sander mechanism.

Unusually, the pair of sanders
carry an inscription dating
them for 1879.

Images Courtesy of Bonhams,
London; Wannanes, Genoa, Rome
& Milan; Supershrink’s Storehouse of
Silver; Christie’s, New York;

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