Selected Silver and Objects of Vertu

A Japanese silver desk table ornament modelled as a yacht, 20th century,



the twin-masted yacht in full sail, the hull stamped ‘STERLING 985 TAKEHIKO’, mounted on a rectangular black granite base, height (including base) 19.5 cm, dimensions of base 20.5 x 10.3 x 2.2cm.







£200-£300

Seki Takehiko, a Japanese silversmith, was born in 1908 in the Chiba prefecture. In 1922 he moved to Tokyo, as an apprentice to Tajima Katsuyuki, then later worked under the master Kosaka Munehiro. In 1936 he started his own business, as a master silversmith.