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The simplicity of Japanese applied arts was much admired. Here the impact is created by the engraved and matted ornament rather than the restrained forms of the vessels.","physicalDescription":"Silver, parcel-gilt, the surface matted and engraved in the Japanese taste with prunus and other trees. At irregular intervals, shaped bamboo frames with gold borders enclose badges and other devices bordered with diaper patterns and with engraved foliage and blossom on which perch applied birds and butterflies in coloured golds.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Elkington & Co.","id":"A1408"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silver","id":"AAT11029"},{"text":"gold","id":"AAT11021"}],"techniques":[{"text":"raising","id":"AAT237068"},{"text":"engraving (incising)","id":"AAT53829"},{"text":"gilding","id":"AAT53789"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Silver, parcel-gilt, raised, engraved and applied decoration","categories":[{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"},{"text":"Drinking","id":"THES48965"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":[],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"67 (VA)","id":"THES49731"},"free":"","case":"3","shelf":"1","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Beaker","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Birmingham","id":"x28748"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1882-1883","earliest":"1882-05-29","latest":"1883-05-28"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"M.45-1972","id":"O94784"},"association":"Set"},{"object":{"text":"M.45A-1972","id":"O94785"},"association":"Set"}],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"7.0","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"10.25","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Birmingham hallmarks:Duty, sterling, anchor, date letter for 1882.","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":"A8728"},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""},{"content":"Stamped \" Elkington and Co and 11463","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""},{"content":"Engraved with an unidentified crest and N.K.","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"Bought from the Handley-Read Collection\nBy the 1870s, exotic cultures, particularly Japan, had seized public imagination. A key figure was Christopher Dresser, who visited Japan in 1876 and published an account of his travels. The simplicity of Japanese applied arts was much admired. Elkingtons were one of the first manufacturers to produce silver in the Japanese taste. 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