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KUI KEE
            Oriental Avenue, Bangkok, Siam [now Thailand]
            circa 1900-present day

























                                                              Kiu Kee silver often appears without the word “SIAM”
                                                              and  because  of  this  is  mistaken  for  Chinese  Export
                                                              Silver  and  sometimes  confused  with  the  retail
                                                              silversmiths Siu Kee and Wai Kee, both of Hong Kong.

                                                              Kiu  Kee  silver,  though,  is  generally  decorated  with
                                                              motifs  that  are  not  Chinese,  as  these  two  small
                                                              cylindrical  boxes  demonstrate.  Kiu  Kee  was  a  large
                                                              producer of flatware.











































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