SILVERED ANTIMONY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18678, 7 April 1924, Page 14

SILVERED ANTIMONY.

The Japanese make a quantity of things from silvered antimony, most of which are cheap and rather trashy. Others, particularly their candlesticks, are of good design. Most of these candlesticks are plain, says a writer in an English exchange. Some have a little ornamentation at the top, but the plain ones are decidedly the best. Photograph frames are also made in this metal. Those with what is called an engine-turned decoration are very neat, but most of them are more ornate than beautiful. Trinket boxes with the basket pattern are quite good looking, but those with a Japanese design of dragons or bamboos appear common. On the other hand, a cheap little cigarette case, made of lacquered metal, inlaid with a flovver-and-bird design in mother-of-pearl, is quite nice, while the same thing in silvered antimony looks trashy. Japanese goods of silvered antimony are to be found in most of the large drapery stores. They are well worth examination, because usual 1 f.me really pood pieces can be picked up at a reasonable price. The Juggest demand being for Japanese scenic patters, the neater designs are neglected, which is to the advantage of the discriminating purchaser.