A RARE CHINESE EXPORT SILVER FOLDING TOAST RACK

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A RARE CHINESE EXPORT SILVER FOLDING TOAST RACK
2ND QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY

Of typical form, on five large ball supports, with six folding sections, each with wirework arches, and a scrolling wirework handle, marked on reverse, struck with pseudo-hallmark and letter P --6in.(15.2cm.) high
(7oz.10dwt.)

拍品专文

The letter P , similar to the London date letter for 1810, is found on Chinese export silver of the second quarter of the 19th century, usually in conjunction with a pseudo-hallmark. See Forbes, Kernan & Wilkins, Chinese Export Silver , 1975, p. 76; also note 15, p.88, where it is suggested that P might be the same as WE/WE/WC.

Folding toastracks are rare in English silver, and are virtually unknown in Chinese export silver. An example by Cutshing is illustrated in Forbes et al., fig. 225, p. 244.