CHRYSANTHEMUMS Silver Coupe Champagne

IRISH, SCOTS and British Isles Regional

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CHRYSANTHEMUMS Silver Coupe Champagne

Chrysanthemum bowl Circa 1909 (QING) Silver Coupe champagne, (or Sherbert) Chinese Silver commissioned by Colonel Sidney Derby Maize for a family member.
Monogram on applied disk : interlaced BM in “Gothick” openwork letters, triple bamboo stem spreads open to triple foot on circular repousse-decorated base.
Ht 4-1/2”; 4.2 troy ounce
Coin Silver, .900 purity; no marks found
Provenance by direct family descent from the original owner, Colonel Sidney Darbee Maize, in China circa 1909-1912, during ascent to the throne of the last Qing emperor, who was raised by a Scottish tutor.

# 8049 c .............................. $ 1,400.

Size: 6 items

Chrysanthemums with leafage against a stippled ground

Cypher MB for a member of the Colonel Sidnee Derby Maize family

in China during the years when the last Qing emperor, Puyi, ascended the throne, though still a small child. Puyi was educated by a Scottish tutor, Reginal Johnston, from whom he learned a taste for the West.

Rotates to show Chrysanthemum Buds

Interior of the repousse-decorated bowl

repousse-decorated foot

triple Bamboo Stems connect the bowl and foot