Antique Wang Hing & Co. Chinese Export Silver Tea Caddy

An exceptional, fine and impressive pair of antique Chinese export silver vases; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection These impressive antique Chinese Export silver vases have a circular rounded, waisted form. The surface of each vase is embellished with fine and impressive applied bamboo stalk designs. Each vase features a protruding crimped, undulating border to the upper rim. The lower portion of each vase has a plain circular knop to a plain spreading foot. The hallmarks struck to the base of each impressive antique vase include: Maker's mark: WH (Wang Hing & Co.) Silver quality/purity mark: 90 (90 standard, 900/1000) Character mark: Untraced Condition These antique Chinese vases are an exceptional gauge of silver, exceptional quality and in exceptional condition. The applied decoration is all very sharp. The Chinese hallmarks struck to the surface of each foot are all very clear. Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of thee fine examples of antique Chinese silverware...

An exceptional, fine and impressive, antique German silver tea caddy; an addition to our silver teaware collection. This exceptional antique 800...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Dutch silver tea caddy; an addition to our silver teaware collection This exceptional Dutch silver tea caddy has been realistically modelled in the form of a classic antique wine cooler...

An exceptional, fine and impressive, large antique Dutch silver tea caddy; an addition to our silver teaware collection. This exceptional and large Dutch silver tea caddy has a chamfered rectangular shaped form onto four cushion feet. The surface of this silver caddy is embellished with embossed and chased decoration depicting figures drinking, conversing and supporting each other in a tavern setting; this ornamentation was influenced by Flemish/Dutch genre...

Chinese Export hand-painted porcelain tea caddy jar. Pictures of a boy and his dog adorn both sides of jar in rich colors of dark blue, gold, red and turquoise. Greek key border fram...

A black lacquered tea caddy. Great decoration and has interior compartment.

A late 19th/early 20th century tea caddy made by the Canton-based artisan workshop LIAN XIANG SHENG 聨样盛 for the Canton and Hong Kong-based luxury goods retailer WANG HING 宏興 This particular style of tea caddy based on a naturalistic interpretation of prunus mume tree trunk takes its inspiration directly from Yixing unglazed stoneware [aka zisha] produced in Jiangsu Province. The Yixing potters began specialising in making teapots during the Ming dynasty as a direct result of the then new innovation of making tea from rolled leaves rather than the finely ground powdered tea that preceded it. In time, among Chinese tea connoisseurs, it was considered that a Yixing teapot...

The burgundy / brown lacquer is decorated with gold depicting figures and buildings in a landscape. The caddy stands on four carved wooden feet in the shape of claws. The interior contains a single pewter canister...