Page 825 - Chinese SIlver By Adrien Von Ferscht

An original presentation box [left] made for a
carved ivory and silver brooch, circa 1930, by
Wang Hing & Company.

Even a humble teaspoon gets the Wang Hing
treatment - a mongoose shown amongst a bunch
of grapes is a rebus with the meaning of fertility in
traditional Chinese art.

Wang Hing pieces also often appear bearing foreign import marks, especially for the UK, some continental
European countries, America and Australia - The following illustrated ornate reticulated biscuit barrel carries
the Wang Hing marks and the Glasgow hallmark for George Edward& Sons, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, dated
1898.

Edward’s of Glasgow was the only British retail silversmith that Wang Hing regularly supplied over several
decades. The logistics of this working relationship is not yet fully understood. Research so far reveals to
likelihood that Edward’s had a long-standing arrangement with either one of the many Scottish merchants who
were based in Canton or were connected with the China Trade as a whole or there might have been an
arrangement with a sea captain.