PRESENTED IS A VERY FINE QUALITY  MASTERLY HANDCRAFTED VINTAGE SIGNED STERLING SILVER MODEL SAILBOAT SHIP/YACHT BY MASTER JAPANESE SILVERSMITH TAKEHIKO. IT IS MARKED SILVER 985 ( HIGHER SILVER PURITY THAN STANDARD  STERLING SILVER 925 ) AND SIGNED TAKEHIKO,  IT  SITS ON A SILVER PLATED SEA WITH WAVES AND MOUNTED TO A WOODEN BASE, ENCASED IN A GLASS CASE COVER,  PLEASE SEE PHOTOS.

SIZE: THE SHIP MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 3 3/4 INCHES OR 9.5 cm LONG AND STANDS 4 1/2 INCHES OR 11.4 cm HIGH. THE GLASS CASE MEASURES 8 INCHES OR 20 cm LONG X 8 1/2 INCHES OR 21.5 cm IN HEIGHT X 5 INCHES OR 12.5 cm WIDE.

WEIGHT: THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF THE YACHT WITH THE GLASS CASE  IS 31.8 OZ OR 906 GRAMS.

CONDITION: THIS EXQUISITE JAPANESE STERLING SILVER MODEL SHIP YACHT IS IN EXCELLENT VINTAGE CONDITION WITH ONLY MINOR AGE RELATED WEAR AND LIGHT  TARNISH AS CAN BE SEEN WITH NO BREAKS, NO DAMAGE, AND NO REPAIR. 

Takehiko Seki II is a well-known master silversmith who has been producing many elegant precious metal ornaments. Takehiko Seki II (Kazuo Seki) studied silversmith under his father Takehiko I since his middle school and he had established Seki Kohgei Co., Ltd. with his father in 1963 after he had graduated from college. He had received a prize from the Minister of Labor for his work "Image of the Sea" in 1989 and established himself as a silversmith in his own right and recognized as a Master of Traditional Crafts in 1990. He had succeeded his father's name Takehiko upon his father's 88th birthday in 1996.

Their silversmith crafts are based on the traditional Japanese metal craft known as the Kazari-Shoku in Japanese and originally the Kazari-Shoku craftsmen work with metal sheets and produce decorative ornaments for Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. It was Takehiko I who wanted to realize a wider range of exposure and recognition for the craft works that were made of precious metals (they work with gold as well) by blending his traditional craft with modern techniques and design.