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Japanese silver Ginger Jar
C. 1900, Japan
£35,000
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London, United Kingdom
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A large and important silver ginger jar made in Japan in the late Meiji period. It was sold in the port of Yokohama and the engraved inscription to one side indicates that it was bought as a gift from the officers and crew of the yacht Alcedo to the owners of the boat, George and Mary Drexel. The inscription reads: "Presented to Mr. & Mrs. G.W.C.Drexel by The officers and crew Of Their Yacht Alcedo At the conclusion of their World Yachting Cruise Yokohama, 1907" On the opposite side of the...