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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 21758, member: 111&quot;]Hunh, must have been a popular basic design, here&#039;s another with added bamboo decoration, yet another maker&#039;s mark:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/chinese-export-silver-water-kettle-306-c-ddba3629c5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/chinese-export-silver-water-kettle-306-c-ddba3629c5" rel="nofollow">http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/chinese-export-silver-water-kettle-306-c-ddba3629c5&nbsp; </a>The finish on yours is hammered, nicely done...</p><p><br /></p><p>Shiloh&#039;s right, there&#039;s no real issue with the enameling, it&#039;s typical and I&#039;ve seen much worse than yours - the technique is usually called &#039;open-work cloisonne&#039;, if you scroll down about halfway, this site shows some similar:&nbsp; <a href="http://chinese-export-silver.com/meta-museum-archive/meta-museum-chinese-export-silver-enamel-revival-phenomenon-%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E5%87%BA%E5%8F%A3%E9%8A%80%E5%99%A8-%E9%96%8B%E5%A7%8B%E8%BD%89%E5%AF%84%E9%83%B5%E4%BB%B6/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://chinese-export-silver.com/meta-museum-archive/meta-museum-chinese-export-silver-enamel-revival-phenomenon-%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E5%87%BA%E5%8F%A3%E9%8A%80%E5%99%A8-%E9%96%8B%E5%A7%8B%E8%BD%89%E5%AF%84%E9%83%B5%E4%BB%B6/" rel="nofollow">http://chinese-export-silver.com/meta-museum-archive/meta-museum-chinese-export-silver-enamel-revival-phenomenon-中國出口銀器-開始轉寄郵件/&nbsp; </a>(site owner is &#039;the man&#039; for Chinese Export silver).</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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