Page 169 - Chinese SIlver By Adrien Von Ferscht

C.C. [Maker’s full name undocumented]
Canton
circa 1800-1850

Many of the Chinese Export Silver marks of the “Early China Trade Period” adopted what have been termed
“pseudo-hallmarks”; CC is one such example. However, because generally these pseudo marks excluded any
mark of the artisan silversmith, it is difficult to know whether the mark is that of a maker or a retail silversmith
[or both].

Although this mark is quite
rare to find, it appears
consistently on objects
displaying a high level of skill
that often set them apart from
contemporary works of the
period in the manner the
subject matter has been
executed. The cheroot case in
the traditional Chinese style
and the tazza that uses the up-
ended tail of a koi carp as the
central stem are good
examples.

S a d l y , n o t s u f fi c i e n t
recognition has been given to
the extraordinary high quality
of items bearing the CC mark,
all too common vis-a-vis
occurrences silversmiths that
used the pseudo-hallmark
format of marking silver.