Page 460 - Chinese SIlver By Adrien Von Ferscht

Unlike the workshops and the Imperial manufacturers that were prevalent before the Opium War, the Yinlou were
backed by private investors and tended to operate on a larger scale. There was even a professional guild
represented all these businesses in their dealings with other industries and the government.

The Lao Feng Xiang cup and saucer date
to circa 1925 and are loosely influenced
by Tang silver cups and saucers - made
of very thick gauge silver. There is,
however, an uncanny similarity between
this cup and saucer and s similar
contemporary set carrying the mark of
Lao Dan Feng of Hankou.

Silver tea cups featured often in the Lao
Feng Xiang inventory. The tea set [below]
is approximately the same date as the
cup and saucer [left].

Images courtesy of Freemans, Philadelphia, USA

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