tamrock
Platinum Member
I'm not finding out for sure what I have here other then it has tested as pure silver, at least at or above 80% purity, weight is 146.7g and measures 4-1/2" by 3-3/4". I found the engraving to be odd and when you hold it in your hand it looks like it was a perfect design done with a roller die, but up close you will see a hand engrave technique, not like most with a straight line chisel cut, but etched out with hundreds of tiny little chisel bites to add this beautiful etched design that is around the whole vase and that design may also be a clue to the origin also?. I have looked high and low for an I.D. on the stamp mark on the base. The closest thing I have found on a silver vase like this with a mark that is in some ways resembles this mark is a silver vase made in the 1930's in Japan at the link below. The form and shape are very similar and that makes me believe this vase I have may also be from Japan.
Japanese Silver Vase - Antique Meiji Period Silverware
Thanks for your replies
Japanese Silver Vase - Antique Meiji Period Silverware
Thanks for your replies
