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SUN SHING
New China Street, Canton & 90 Queen’s Road, Hong Kong
circa 1790-1915
Sun Shing’s “early period” was expressed almost exclusively in the English/American neo-classical “Georgian”
style and the use of so-called pseudo-hallmarks. A gradual transition to the high Chinese Style began circa 1850
and the silver items were marked by the use of a combination of chop marks and the double Latin letters “SS” .
The Hong Kong retail branch was opened not long after the 1842 Treaty of Nanking and the establishment of a
British Colony, although it is understood from actual Sun Shing advertisements that a Hong Kong presence
began for Sun Shing in 1840
Sun Shing is considered one of the true master silversmiths of the Chinese Export Silver period, but like most of
its counterparts was a retail silversmith that used artisan workshops to manufacture items that were designed
and overseen by Sun Shing. Also like many of its counterparts, Sun Shing was a general luxury goods
merchant.
