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MARK OF KHECHEONG, CANTON, CIRCA 1835
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A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT SILVER WINE COASTERS
Mark of Khecheong, Canton, circa 1835
Each circular, the sides with laurel, the rims with acanthus, shells and flowerheads, the wood base with boss later engraved VMH (for Valentine and Mary Hall, Eleanor Roosevelt's Grandparents), marked on bases
6¼in. (16cm.) diameter (2)
Mark of Khecheong, Canton, circa 1835
Each circular, the sides with laurel, the rims with acanthus, shells and flowerheads, the wood base with boss later engraved VMH (for Valentine and Mary Hall, Eleanor Roosevelt's Grandparents), marked on bases
6¼in. (16cm.) diameter (2)
Provenance
Warren Delano, Jr., Franklin D. Roosevelt's grandfather. He was in China from 1834 to 1846, and was a partner in the American China trade firm Russell & Co. from 1840-1846.
Valentine G. Hall, Jr. and Mary Livingston Ludlow Hall, Eleanor Roosevelt's grandparents
Valentine G. Hall, Jr. and Mary Livingston Ludlow Hall, Eleanor Roosevelt's grandparents
Literature
Kernan & Forbes, Chinese Export Silver 1785-1885, 1975, p. 125, no. 155, fig. 185
Exhibited
Abigail Adams Smith Museum, The Colonial Dames of America, New York, 1984 (China Trade Exhibition)