Page 790 - Chinese SIlver By Adrien Von Ferscht

W.H.S. [aka: WEN HUA SHUN]
190 North Gate, WēihăI WèI [aka Port Edward], Eastern Shandong Province
circa 1900-1925

Wen Hua Shun was a silversmith and a pewtersmith. It was known for creating Yixing clay teapots as in addition
to the silverwares and pewter wares.

WeiHeiWei was leased to Britain as a naval base between 1898-1930. The city is known as Weihei today.

The above set is pewter and a black ceramic
carrying the WHS mark. For Chinese pewter
ware, this is quite a remarkable set and
demonstrates that Wen Hua Shun had
capabilities way beyond the average
Chinese pewter workshops. In many ways
this could be likened to a Chinese attempt
at the “Arts & Crafts” movement.

While the silver production items seems to
have been limited, consequently they are
also sadly rare items to find. Although I
have two examples of the silver mark
recorded, to date there are no available
images of examples of silver work carrying
the mark.

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