Anemone Flower Decorated Sterling Silver Porringer

A sterling silver porringer, 1909, London, with maker's mark of…
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A sterling silver porringer, 1909, London, with maker's mark of John Henry Rawlings, of squat globular form with a waisted neck, two maidenhead scrolled handles, and decorated with repousse and chased anemone flowers; marks underside. Silver weight 280gr. Height 10 cm. Length 15 cm. Diameter 11 cm

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  • Embossed / Repousse - Embossing, also known as repousse, is the technique of decorating metal with raised designs, by pressing or beating out the design from the reverse side of the object.It is the opposite of chasing, where the decoration is applied from the front. An embossed or repoussed object may have chasing applied to finish off the design.
  • Sterling Silver - Sterling silver is a mixture of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% of another metal, usually copper. Fine silver is 99.9% pure silver, and is relatively soft and the addition of the very small amount of copper gives the metal enough strength and hardness to be worked into jewellery, decorative and household objects.
  • Chasing - The method of decorating gold and silver objects using a punch and hammer so that the design appears in relief. Flat or surface chasing is done from the front giving the item definition, but not cutting into the metal.

    Chasing is the opposite technique to repousse, but an object that has repousse work, may then have chasing applied to create a finished piece.

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