Page 353 - Chinese SIlver By Adrien Von Ferscht

This tea kettle and stand is equally
monumental. One gets the impression that
Hung Chong grasped the high Victorian
style tenet of “more is more” and flaunted it.

This piece is nicely over the top; one would
certainly not be able to heat water
surreptitiously using this, but then one
wouldn’t want to with such a statement
piece.

The only unfortunate detail of this particular
kettle is the original ivory insulators have
been replaced by ebony rings that don’t sit
well with the piece.

Hung Chong paid equal attention to creating small objects that were
filled with the same degree of fun and quality; using a desk blotter
such as this early 19th century example [below] could only give one
pleasure at each blot while the circa 1920 lady’s compact would have
the same thrill factor.