Chinese enameled cup- comments pls

Hi all,what is the age of this beautiful little cup? Similar ones on line are listed to be 20th century ( but those are 2 handled and the bases are different) Size is 7cm across,4cm high and the base is 3cm wide. So is 20th century quite possibly correct? Thank you

 

Ash tray? What a great color, that green!

 

Thanks for the reply. Good guess that. I was thinking it’s not very practical for
a ashtray. The cigarette placement/holder is very small and shallow and it will be a real balancing act. But maybe? But I agree that colours are great.

 

i've seen similar ciggy placements (is that what we're calling them?) on other guilloche astrays, think i've got one somewhere that is too damaged to sell

thinking this would be classified as guilloche as well

i think its (yours)placement might have been bent back , should be straight

interesting piece indeed, not totally convinced chinese though, maybe, haven't seen one like it, pattern looks chinese

 

The engraving that forms the base of guilloche enamel is geometric and engine turned. Boland's Chinese ashtray is simply enameled. The metal is engraved by hand to show detail in the floral motifs.

 

ya reckon the placement might have been more like this to hold the ciggy better

 

or just going with the flow of the design

 

Thanks for the comments all.
This is were I got the cup idea from.

https://www.nealauction.com/auction-lot/chinese-jade-mounted-enameled-brass-cups_90D8EB88DB

https://www.worldauctiongallery.com/auction-lot/antique-chinese-enameled-two-handled-cup_2644947BB4

 

a single like that is more for a cigar..

 

They probably used the basic shape for different purposes.

 

Must be. But I still can find a similar ashtray (so far) So it is a unique little thing. Maybe this was original meant to also be a cup? Anyway,thanks AJ

 

Are you sure it's Chinese? Indian maybe...



Mmm scratch that. Just ignore me...

 

Thanks for the photo and comments Charlie. Interesting little thing indeed. Placement part is pretty sturdy and fixed. I really can’t easily bend it (without potentially snapping it off) It is also very well worn (which is interesting) Personally I wonder if it was not used as a thumb rest and a cup (but that’s just my opinion) It was only a $1 and I will be keeping it (so no worries either way) Thanks again for the interest.

 

Not at all. Any opinion is always welcome. Thanks for the reply .. Besides I sometimes feel I should really just ignore myself,before buying some of the stuff I buy.

 

u tell me which spout to drink from, and I'll tell you how that could be used as a thumb rest..

 

Well from the flat curved bit,that looks very much the same as the supposed cups in the links that I posted.

 

they've got two handles....... u know where your mouth is going...and where it isn't..





.sometimes it's hard to be sure what a thing is...'


yours could be a thumb rest..... but the interior looks like a used ashtray..

 

Well that’s the beautiful thing about opinions! It’s all good.. Maybe ,but then very unique used ashtray..

 

or a really strange cup !!