Page 936 - Chinese SIlver By Adrien Von Ferscht

YING HENG
Yingkou [Niúzhuāng], Liaoning Province
circa 1875-1910

This appears to be another enigmatic Chinese Export Silver mark - only four items have been recorded to date,
three being goblets. Although the subject matter and the manner of portrayal is undoubtably Chinese, the form
of the goblets are not. However, one needs to take into consideration the fact they were made in a town where
no other Chinese Export Silver has been recorded as coming from.

Yingkou was created a Treaty Port under the Treaty of Tianjin in 1858 - aka Newchwang by the English
[Niúzhuāng] - the Bohai Sea port was under the jurisdiction of the British. After the treaty had been signed, the
British found that the river near Newchwang was too shallow for their ships. Instead, the treaty port was moved
to the area nearer to the river mouth where today's Yingkou is located.

From the marks, it appears this may
be the actual maker and not a
retailer, but the decorative subject
matter is definitely naval but not
British.
It is difficult to determine what
inspired the shape and form for
these goblets, but the piecrust tizzy
in the following illustration would fit
comfortably into any Western
culture.