Antique Chinese Export Silver Firewater Dragon Cocktail Shaker

Chinese export silver mug, ca 1860. Straight and upward tapering sides with applied pictorial frieze on engraved and stippled ground: Scenes of social life with contemplative sages and chaste maidens amongst palm trees and pagodas. Pastoral exoticism enlivened with scaly, slithering dragon handle...

Large sterling silver and glass cocktail shaker. Made by Hawkes in Corning, New York, ca 1925. Tall and tapering glass bowl. On exterior acid-etched flying flushed from its hiding pl...

Chinese export silver mug, ca 1880. Straight and upward tapering sides with allover low-relief battle frieze depicting soldiers—spearmen, lancers, and swordsmen—with a few hapless me...

Turn-of-the-century Chinese export silver picture frame. Oval window in shaped surround with scrolls and flower heads at top, and leaves, stars, flowers, and heart cartouche vacant o...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese export silver goblet; an addition to our wine and drinks related silverware collection. This exceptional antique Chinese Export silver (CES) goblet has a circular bell shaped form a shaped stem and plain circular stepped foot. The drinking vessel of this silver wine goblet is embellished with impressive engraved bamboo stems emanating from the lower portion. The embossed stem of this impressive solid silver goblet...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning, circa 1930 Chinese Sterling Silver Cocktail shaker made in Shanghai by He Ji and retailed thr...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese Export Silver cocktail set; an addition to our oriental silverware collection. This exceptional antique Chinese silver cocktail set consists of a cocktail shaker, six tots and a matching stand. The cocktail shaker and tots each have a tapering cylindrical form. The surface of the silver cocktail shaker and each tot is embellished with an impressive and finely embossed and chased undulating, iconic Chinese dragon design, incorporating a vacant circular cartouche to one side. The cobbler shaker retains the original plain domed push fit cover and stopper. The detachable push fit silver stopper allows access to the integrated pierced decorated straining grille; this grill is incorporated to the upper portion of the aforementioned removeable cover. The impressive circular stand is encircled with an engraved undulating dragon design to the surface, in addition to the exterior surface of the gallery border. The gallery border is further ornamented with a plain applied moulded border to the upper and lower portions. The stand is supported by three bun style feet. The hallmarks struck to the underside of this Chinese silver cocktail shaker with tots and stand include: Retailer's mark: 勝和 (Shing Wo, Hong Kong) Artisan workshop mark: 尚 (Shang, Canton & Honk Kong) Such complete cocktail services are becoming increasingly difficult to locate and rare to the market; this service is a desirable combination and style. NOTE: We are grateful to Adrien von Ferscht for his help in identifying the marks on this exceptional antique set. Condition This antique cocktail set...

Chinese Export Silver Cocktail Shaker, circa 1925, embossed and chased with dragon decoration Retailed by Hung Chong, and made by Sheng (声). There is a bold single dragon, with prot...