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SIU KEE COMPANY
Hong Kong
circa 1900-1940
Siu Kee was a high quality retail silversmith that appears to have specialised particularly in table and tea wares.
A suitable European comparable company might be Mappin & Webb - it is that same combination of good
quality and commerciality which best describes Siu Kee.
It is not yet known where exactly Siu Kee operated from in Hong Kong and research is on-going in order to
discover more of the as yet unsolved secrets of this company. While many of Siu Kee items have no definitively
Chinese characteristics, because of the obvious quality, they tend to achieve quite high hammer values at
auction. Siu Kee also seems to have produced large-sized items such as platter and trays.
The six-piece tea and coffee service complete with large tray dated to circa 1930s is typical of the larger pieces
that carry the Siu Kee mark.
