Page 660 - Chinese SIlver By Adrien Von Ferscht

This tea and coffee set quantifies what appears to have
been the ethos of Sing Kwong; good quality - safe [i.e.
not adventurous] - dependable. It is a retail silversmith
who knows quality and has opted to sit between the
traditional and modernism.

Yet Sing Kwong could create something that at first
glance might register as being totally traditional
Chinese fused with a neo-classical form, but it isn’t. At
closer look, the repoussé work dragon has a magical
depth brought to it in the manner the head and fangs of
the dragon have been executed.

Images courtesy of I.Franks, London; Christie’s, South Kensington;

http://chinese-export-silver.com Image Library Archive