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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 10302514, member: 2844&quot;]A fun Chinese Export piece. CES, Chinese Export Silver, does well in general.</p><p>And your silversmith did a great job restoring it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Btw, Chinese pieces may have been made during a period when parts of Asia were colonised, but China wasn&#039;t colonised (except for Taiwan, Macao and Hongkong during certain periods).</p><p>Pieces like this were mostly made in the Canton area, which was very much under Chinese Imperial rule. The rattan canes were imported, both for domestic use and for export pieces like yours. I don&#039;t think Chinese people would be happy with the term &#039;colonial era&#039; used for their export pieces.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie86" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ditto. I think the oxidation in the textured background was deliberate, it usually is with Asian silver. But it will come back after a while.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> If it does, it is best to polish the raised parts only.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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