Antique Hung Chong Chinese Export Qing Silver Pair of Goblets Dragons Fire Lotus

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This is a nice
a
ntique Qing Dyn
asty
Hung Chong Chinese
ex
port
s
ilver
p
air of
g
oblets /
g
lasses with d
ragon and fire lotus decoration
d
one with beau
ti
ful hand hammered repousse work. Bo
th are in nice shape with m
inor tarnis
h from age and one if them has a slightly bent to
p which is why
in
some pics one looks a little bit smaller. Both have an engr
aving on the b
ottom with one say
ing "May to Alice 17
th Dec. 190
3" and the other is Russell to Alice Fe
b. 29
th 1904
". I believe both are late 19th Century probably circa 1890 or right around the
turn of the century. The dragon's face on one is slightly
different as the pics show and only 1 is marked with the hallma
rk
of Hung Chong as pic 11 shows
which is the one on the left
in all of the pictures. Both measure approximately 4 7/
8" tall wit
h the top being 3 3/8" in di
ameter and the b
ases a
re 2 7/8"
in diameter.
Hung Chong (or Cheong) & Co - Silversmiths & Retailers, Canton, China, c1860-1930
Hung Chong was a silversmith and retailer located in both Shanghai and Canton, and sold items from local silversmiths. It is sometimes possible to differentiate the items from Shanghai to those from Canton based on their style. Smooth and plain styles, sometimes in contract to decorated areas can often be a characteristic attributed to pieces made in Shanghai.
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