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MARKED WITH CHINESE CHARACTERS AND K.WONG.YUEN, THE CUP PARTLY DOUBLE STRUCK, THE NAPKIN RING APPARENTLY UNMARKED
Details
A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER CHILD'S SET IN FITTED CASE
Marked with Chinese characters and K.WONG.YUEN, the cup partly double struck, the napkin ring apparently unmarked
Comprising: mug, knife, fork, spoon and napkin ring, mug chased allover with Chinese scenes, on spreading circular foot, the flaring neck engraved in script Leonard Sherrell Webb Sept 12 1876 Shanghai, with leaf-capped scroll handle; the fiddle pattern flatware applied with similar decoration and oval engraved L S W, in fitted wood lacquered box, the cover painted with the same name and date.
The mug 4¼in. (11.4cm.) high; 8oz. (knife not weighed) (5)
Marked with Chinese characters and K.WONG.YUEN, the cup partly double struck, the napkin ring apparently unmarked
Comprising: mug, knife, fork, spoon and napkin ring, mug chased allover with Chinese scenes, on spreading circular foot, the flaring neck engraved in script Leonard Sherrell Webb Sept 12 1876 Shanghai, with leaf-capped scroll handle; the fiddle pattern flatware applied with similar decoration and oval engraved L S W, in fitted wood lacquered box, the cover painted with the same name and date.
The mug 4¼in. (11.4cm.) high; 8oz. (knife not weighed) (5)
Provenance
Christie's East 29 October 1991, Lot 251