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LAIN CHANG & Co!
Shanghai!
circa 1890-1940!
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The mark “LC&Co” has been assumed to be Lain Chang & Co; the shared chopmark [Lian Hun] indicates this is
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likely to be correct. Lain Chang was a retail silversmith.!
There is a school of thought among collectors that LC&Co is a mark used by the upscale Hong Kong
department store Lane Crawford. Having carried out research into this, Lane Crawford has never been known as
Lane Crawford & Co; it’s correct name was Lane Crawford Company and later Lane Crawford [HK] Ltd.!
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