Page 754 - Chinese SIlver By Adrien Von Ferscht
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An  extremely  rare  Tu  Mao  Xing  early  20th
                                                                   century  cocktail  shaker  -  rare  inasmuch  as  I
                                                                   have  never  seen  a  cocktail  shaker  quite  like
                                                                   this. Yet it carries all the unmistakable signature
                                                                   features  one  would  expect  from  Tu  Mao  Xing,
                                                                   including  the  coiled  dragon  motif  so  often
                                                                   employed  by  this  silversmith.  Even  the  push-
                                                                   catch  lid  lock  that  ingeniously  mirrors  the
                                                                    applied  flaming  pearl  the  dragons  are  chasing
                                                                    on the body of the shaker.

                                                                    A quality piece; a collector’s piece.
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