Page 476 - Chinese SIlver By Adrien Von Ferscht

Early Lee Ching pieces show how skilfully the neo-classical European style could be made in Canton. This circa
1840 creamer has all the attributes of a Paul Storr or Paul Revere piece and, as with almost all Chinese export
Silver, made in a much heavier gauge silver.
The goblet [left] is one of Lee Ching’s later pieces, circa 1885, but it is
a masterpiece. Almost every Chinese retail silversmith had goblets in
their repertoire, but none created this almost modern interpretation of
what had become an item almost always encrusted in tradition
Chinese decorative motifs and forms.
The reticulated bamboo foliage forms a cage upon which the totally
plain cup is resting. Even the decorative treatment of the exposed
roots - a traditional Chinese allegorical motif - has been given a
treatment that resembles Stuart Devlin silver work of the 1960’s, not
something one would expect from a Chinese silversmith in 1885.

The LC mark of Leeching has no connection with LC&Co [Lain
Chang] or Lane Crawford, Hong Kong