Page 316 - Chinese SIlver By Adrien Von Ferscht

Sai Hing Kai street was near the
original “Old Factories” district and
was where many of the lacquerware,
ivory and silver guild merchants
were situated, Wang Hing among
them. There were around 75 so-
called guilds in old Canton, each
having an entire street or even
district devoted to one particular
trade.

Hoaching is one of the Canton retail silversmiths who specialised in trophy pieces of silver, many of them
bordering on the theatrical. Hoaching’s signature style was a fusion of the high Victorian style and the high
Chinese style as this extraordinary tazza testifies.