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Letter knife
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:15 pm
by sebastian4743
Hi all!
I bought a small but cute letter opener. I think it originates from Japan. Can you tell me more about it? Thank you for your time!
Best wishes,
Sebastian
Re: Letter knife
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:48 pm
by dognose
Hi Sebastian,
That is a typical example of Yogya silver.
See:
http://www.925-1000.com/a_yogya.html
Maker is likely to be PE(DELUXE)(JAVA)
See:
http://www.djokja.nl/nieuw.html
Trev.
Re: Letter knife
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 1:29 pm
by sebastian4743
Thank you Trev - you were very helpful. What do you think was this letter opener manufactured? 30/40s?
Re: Letter knife
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 1:54 pm
by sebastian4743
PS. What does DELUXE mean? I noticed it is used by some of the silver workshops.
Re: Letter knife
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 2:19 pm
by dognose
I really don't know on both counts I'm afraid. You should be able to translate the script on that website, hopefully the information will be in there, somewhere.
Trev.
Re: Letter knife
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 2:59 pm
by sebastian4743
OK, thanks!