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anklets antique art symbols baba community baba homes Baba Malay belts bolster plate bowl brooches buckles buntal plates Carl Kempe chased China Chinese art Chinese characters Chinese silver Chinese silversmiths Chinese silverworks circlet circular cm Fig cm From Singapore cm Width crafted craftsmanship craftsmen culture cups Curtain-hook customs decorative designs decorative motifs depicted Diameter dragons Dynasty emblems ewer example family heirlooms fashion floral motifs flowers foliated gilded granulation hairpins Hokkien inches jewellery Johore kerbaya kerosangs Length Malacca Malay silverworks Malaya Malaysia Ming Dynasty necklace nineteenth century nonya hairpins octogonal old baba ornamented pair panel Parcel-gilt pearls Penang pendant peony peranakan phoenixes piece of Straits Pillow-plate Pocket plaque porcelain Portuguese probably products of Straits repoussé rope-twist bracelet shown in figure silver artefacts Silvergilt sireh boxes sireh set South China Straits Chinese Straits Settlements Straits silver Straits silversmiths Straits silverworks T'ang Taoist teapots typical various wedding workmanship worn