Round Chinese Export Silver, three button footed tray; prunus decoration w/noduled bamboo
culme as outside edge; ring matt surface. Diameter 15", Weight 36.6 Troy ox. Maker and so
marked, w/ accompanying ideogram,Chung Hong & co, 11-B Nanking Road, Shanghai, late 19th
early 20th c...Continuation of firm at Canton; listed as jeweler... The earlier entry for Canton,
identifies Mr. Chong so; Hung-Cheong, Club Street, Honam Is., Canton. Last half 19th and first
quarter 20th c. Listed as "Leading and Respectable Jeweler"; quite prolific; @ Shanghai also.
$800
Chinese Silver
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