Page 909 - Chinese SIlver By Adrien Von Ferscht

with the same makers and the same mark; In principle, though, the mark is somewhat irrelevant since it conveys
almost no information whatsoever and never appears alongside a Chinese artisan mark.

I am also researching whether YKC had any connection to the retail silversmith Khe Cheong. A significant
number of Chinese silver filigree card cases [or at least the cases of this high calibre workmanship] appear to
have come in Khe Cheong custom-made boxes [see below] or from the retail silversmith Cutshing. Filigree card
cases of an inferior quality do exist, but never carry a YKC mark. Card cases that originate from either Khe
Cheong or Cutshing never carry the YKC mark, in fact are almost always devoid of a mark, but the work is
identical to YKC-marked items, indicating it is highly likely that it came from the same stable.