Page 779 - Chinese SIlver By Adrien Von Ferscht

While this elegant egg cruet of an approximate
same date and carries a similar central decorative
flourish under the handle. Wong Shing is one of
the few Chinese retail silversmiths to make a
smooth transition from the Georgian style into
the Victorian period when, after the 1842 Treaty of
Nanking, it increasingly became de rigueur to
transplant traditional Chinese decorative motifs
onto Western forms. Most Chinese silversmiths
at this time followed suit; not all with the same
degree of success.