Sadajiro Musashiya Yokohama Japan Sterling Lotus Leaf 5 Demitasse Spoon 1893

Description

Sadajiro of Musashiya, Yokohama, Japan
JAPANESE EXPORT MEIJI PERIOD
STERLING SILVER DEMITASSE / TEASPOONS
SET OF FIVE
Each spoon has a lotus leaf-form bowl with engraved detailing, on a stem handle with tuber tip having an additional stem and leaf. Each bowl impressed to back with "S.M." maker's mark for Sadajiro of Musashiya, Yokohama, Japan, and British import marks consisting of "Ly&Co" for Liberty & Co. and four hallmarks of a lion passant for sterling fineness, an "S" date mark for 1893, an "F" for foreign, and a leopard's head city mark for London. Total weight: 2.050 ozt. Circa 1893. 4 1/2" LOA.
Very good to excellent overall condition with minor wear, surface scratches, one or a few nicks, and slight bending, commensurate of age and use.
I typically mail in recycled packaging.