Page 510 - Chinese SIlver By Adrien Von Ferscht

The receipt [below] is the first documentary evidence to surface on Lock Hing other than entries in the Hong
Kong commercial directories of the period 1900-1930.!

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The standing cup and the figural tankard [right] are of a similar
period, circa 1885-90, however, the standing cup may not have
begun life as a standing cup! It apparently came into the world
as a hot water urn and originally had a silver spigot that was
inserted front/central at the base of the bulbous part of the
campagna urn shape. A small oval silver insert replaces the
spigot aperture. What is not known is whether the original piece
was made for LOCK or whether they simply carried out the
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conversion and then added their mark.!
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