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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4350177, member: 2844"]I agree, no older than 1935.</p><p>ZN stands for Zaini, which was the maker's first name. Zaini came from a family of silversmiths. </p><p>800 is the silver fineness or silver content.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most Yogya silversmiths worked in Kota Gede, near Yogyakarta.</p><p>The families often worked for the local royal and princely courts. When the courts lost most of their grandeur, the craftspeople faced losing their income.</p><p>That is why the wife of the governor of Yogya began a project in 1930 to let them make silver for the colonial (Western) market and for export, using traditional Javanese techniques and decorations.</p><p>Your bowl dates from the colonial period. The designs around the rim are stylised lotus flowers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4350177, member: 2844"]I agree, no older than 1935. ZN stands for Zaini, which was the maker's first name. Zaini came from a family of silversmiths. 800 is the silver fineness or silver content. Most Yogya silversmiths worked in Kota Gede, near Yogyakarta. The families often worked for the local royal and princely courts. When the courts lost most of their grandeur, the craftspeople faced losing their income. That is why the wife of the governor of Yogya began a project in 1930 to let them make silver for the colonial (Western) market and for export, using traditional Javanese techniques and decorations. Your bowl dates from the colonial period. The designs around the rim are stylised lotus flowers.[/QUOTE]
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