Page 757 - Chinese SIlver By Adrien Von Ferscht

TU QING YUN
Jiŭjāng
circa 1895-1940

While this is not an oft-seen mark,
it has become clear that it was a
later branch of Tu Mao Xing,
probably a son or other relative - a
normal practice among
manufacturing and retail
silversmiths.

It also seems reasonably clear that
the control over style and quality
that was exerted over artisan
workshops by Tu Mao Xing
continued as a form of central
control that covered both retail
entities.

Cigarette cases rarely present as good examples
of a silversmith’s work, but the case [right and
above] shows that Tu Qing Yun went that extra way
to include unusual decorative elements - in this
case it is the engraved border motif.