Page 835 - Chinese SIlver By Adrien Von Ferscht

But one of the strangest features of this tea pot is the actual mark. We have the ‘WF’ for Wing Fat, we have the
silver purity mark ’90’ and we have the mark for Wang Xing Yu. Then there is the oddly stamped mark for
Shanghai that is mis-spelled - not a particularly unusual occurrence in Chinese silver marks given the majority
of artisans would have been illiterate in Chjinese. let alone English. It does, however present the conundrum
why a Hong Kong/Canton retail silversmith would choose a Shanghai artisan.

The underside of the tea pot has not been ignored. The dealing of the bamboo stem form splayed feet are
equally life-like and the beading around the enamelled side panels continue - few people could actually notice
this attention to detail when the pot would be placed on a table or serving table.

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