Hung Chong and Co, or Hung-cheong, were established at Club Street, Honan Island, Canton and also at 11-B Nanking Road, Shanghai, during the last quarter of the 19th Century and first quarter of the 20th Century. They were said to be 'Leading and Respectable' and quite prolific. For other examples of their work, cf. Crosby Forbes, Chinese Export Silver 1785 to 1885, figs. 101, 159, 191, 193, nos.89-93, and A.J. Marlowe, Chinese Export Silver, John Sparks, nos.22-25; and Kernan, The Chait Collection of Chinese Export Silver, Catalogue, nos.52-57, no.52 being a similar example to the present lot