A ntique Chinese silver cigarette case made in China in late 19th – early XX cent. Made of high -grade solid Silver. Both sides of the body are embellished with a fine and impressive hand made hammered /chased iconic design of Chinese Dragons within clouds depicted in high relief. This beautiful design shows a powerful yet delicate image of a traditional & unique Chinese cultural subject. Hand engraved with maker marks on exterior of the back. Measurements: 89 mm x 64 mm x 20 mm deep. Please note that this is no repousse ornamentation but real complicated hammered /chased 3-d design on both sides and that makes this box very special end rare artifact. You can find one who is really able to do this type of work. Being practicing chaser herself for decades she admitted that making such small – scaled 3-d hammering work on Silver is extremely difficult (she cannot do that, she works with larger – medium sized scale objects only and her works look really amateurish in comparison) and will require very specific skills and equipment. To make such ornament one needs to draw the ornament on the surface of very thin Silver sheet and to work manually on both! Sides of the metal sheet with a hammer and numerous small chisels of different calibers and types, very carefully. Any error may spoil the work leaving no chance to fix it, thus in general only real pros could make such fine hammering works. She noted that the walls of the box are double – the lanes with ready ornaments were skilfully soldered to separate plain sheets of Silver of equal dimensions. After that the soldered double walls were soldered to the halves of the frame that were later joined with hinges. Overall the case is in very good condition, there is a small damage to the head of a dragon on one side, it sticks out a bit over the level of the surface and that caused that damage in the past. This doesn’t make any serious problem and can be noticed under magnification only. There are minor scratches and dents, patina on metal. Buyers from EU countries will be charged extra 25 % of the sum stated above. The item “1900 Antique Chinese solid Silver hammered Dragon Motif Cigarette Case /88g” is in sale since Friday, January 11, 2019. This item is in the category “Antiques\Silver\Sterling Silver (.925)\Boxes”. The seller is “optimistic555″ and is located in Copenhagen. This item can be shipped to United States, all countries in Europe, all countries in continental Asia, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Australia.

• Composition: Sterling Silver
• Age: 1850-1899
• Type: Boxes