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North Bridge Road, Singapore
circa 1865-1910

A Chinese silversmith operating in Singapore

North Bridge Road [ ] is one of the oldest streets
in Singapore dating back to Raffle’s original 1835 plan.
Traditionally, many Chinese silversmiths and jade
dealers were located here. The British East India
Company were also here. South Bridge Road was also a
silversmith’s location.

A circa 1880 snuff bottle decorated with a traditional
Chinese motif of magpies amidst prunus and
surrounded by a n equally traditional Chinese meander
border.

Magpies and prunus combined is the allegorical
meaning of literally ‘Happiness up to your eyebrows’ [
].

Images courtesy of Acanthus Antiques, Kensington, Maryland, USA;

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