Antique Wang Hing & Co. Chinese Export Silver Tea Caddy

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese export silver dragon box; an addition to our collection of boxes and cases This fine antique C...

A fine antique Chinese Export Silver centrepiece; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection. This fine antique Chinese Export Silver (CES) centrepiece has a plain circular rounded tapering form with an knopped stem to a circular spreading foot. The surface of the silver centrepiece is plain and unembellished. Each of the two detachable hallmarked bon bon baskets have a circular rounded form onto a spreading collet style foot and are fitted with interlacing twist style wirework handles. Both the baskets and the central vase have a incurved shaped border to the rim. This impressive silver antique centrepiece...

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...

This exceptional antique Russian silver tea caddy has a cuboid shaped form with rounded shoulders. The surface of this silver tea caddy has...

A stunning antique Qing Dynasty Chinese export twin canister tea caddy / decorative table box. circa 1860 Hand-crafted in China for the European market when rare and exotic oriental...

A Chinese export silver bowl made by Wang Hing, circa 1890. The bowl has applied chrysanthemum decoration as well as two butterflies, one to e...

Blue and white Chinese export tea caddy. Vibrant blue pagodas and chinoiserie landscapes cover the sides and end panels of this bow-top shaped...

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...

A Chinese Export lacquer tea caddy. Gilt lacquered tea caddy with two pewter canister inserts. Together with a larger Chinese export lacquer box with o...