Page 402 - Chinese SIlver By Adrien Von Ferscht

A spectacular piece of Chinese silver making, this
presentation cup dates to 1850. The fruited vine
decorative motif has been applied as a second skin
against an already heavy gauge silver cup bowl and
has been extended into the stylised trunk of a vine to
appear as if the bowl is suspended and supported by
it. The fact the cup carried a pseudo-hallmark version
of the Khe Cheong silver mark, it is highly likely this
piece could have been made prior to the 1850 date of
the dedication inscription - generally, Canton
silversmiths phased out use of pseudo hallmarks
after 1842.

Images courtesy of Goldsmiths’ Hall, London; S&J Stodel, London; Supershrinks House of Silver; Woolley & Wallis,
UK; Bonham’s, London; Heritage Fine Art; Dallas, USA; Eldred’s Auctioneers, Massachusetts; Leslie Hindman
Auctioneers, Chicago, USA

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