RARE & FINE Japanese niello/gild STERLING SILVER 950 salt-pepper KOKESHI SHAKERS

  

RARE & FINE Japanese niello/gild STERLING SILVER 950 salt-pepper KOKESHI SHAKERS. A nice pair of Japanese sterling silver salt & pepper shakers in form of the renown wooden dolls. Both shakers are almost of the same size, rather short & differently etched to feature a boy & a girl with faces, niello hair & clothe patterns: the boy with simple + signs, whilst the girl more elaborate with flower, butterflies & swirling clouds? Different set of outlet holes (7 on girl for salt, and larger 4 on boy for pepper).

Both are marked "Sterling 950". On the sliding refill doors at the bottoms. 2.33" x 1.04"-0.79 59mm H(igh) x 26mm-20mm W(ide, heads-base), total weight 35gr. Lost/faded details, scratches & tarnish overall, boy's sliding door is a little rougher. We do our best to protect your investment from damages.

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We always disclose defects & possible repair/restore found during a thorough visual inspection (measurements are not precisely accurate), and the pictures usually provide larger-than-live details. Get images that make Supersized seem small. Showcase your items with Auctiva's. The item "RARE & FINE Japanese niello/gild STERLING SILVER 950 salt-pepper KOKESHI SHAKERS" is in sale since Wednesday, March 10, 2021.

This item is in the category "Antiques\Asian Antiques\Japan\Other Japanese Antiques". The seller is "chuotdong" and is located in Sacramento, California. This item can be shipped worldwide.