ANTIQUE 19thC CHINESE EXPORT SOLID SILVER FOUR PIECE TEA SET, WANG HING c.1880

£8,795.00

Antique late 19th Century Chinese solid silver four piece tea and coffee service comprising a coffee pot, teapot, sugar jar and milk jar. Each piece is of matching form and highly decorated. The bodies are of rounded, bulbous shape with tapering necks, all richly chased in relief with prunus blossom and flowering branches across the exterior. The decoration is continuous around each piece and finished against a textured ground. All are raised on cast ‘bamboo leaf’ feet. The handles are formed as cast c-shaped dragons, with defined scales and heads, applied to the upper and lower terminals. The spouts on the coffee pot and teapot are modelled as segmented bamboo. The domed covers are similarly decorated with prunus blossom and surmounted by bamboo form finials.

Each piece hallmarked Chinese solid silver (900+ grade), Canton (modern day Guangzhou), Maker's mark WH (Wang Hing), Retailers mark "「和昌」"(He Chang). "90". 

Reference Number: A00130

Antique late 19th Century Chinese solid silver four piece tea and coffee service comprising a coffee pot, teapot, sugar jar and milk jar. Each piece is of matching form and highly decorated. The bodies are of rounded, bulbous shape with tapering necks, all richly chased in relief with prunus blossom and flowering branches across the exterior. The decoration is continuous around each piece and finished against a textured ground. All are raised on cast ‘bamboo leaf’ feet. The handles are formed as cast c-shaped dragons, with defined scales and heads, applied to the upper and lower terminals. The spouts on the coffee pot and teapot are modelled as segmented bamboo. The domed covers are similarly decorated with prunus blossom and surmounted by bamboo form finials.

Each piece hallmarked Chinese solid silver (900+ grade), Canton (modern day Guangzhou), Maker's mark WH (Wang Hing), Retailers mark "「和昌」"(He Chang). "90". 

Reference Number: A00130

CONDITION

In Great Condition - Wear expected with age. Please refer to photographs.

SIZE

Teapot
Height: 15 cm // 5.91 inches
Width: 22 cm // 8.66 inches
Depth: 15 cm // 5.91 inches
Weight: 655 grams

Coffee Pot
Height: 22 cm // 8.66 inches
Width: 22 cm // 8.66 inches
Depth: 14 cm // 5.51 inches
Weight: 885 grams

Sugar Bowl
Height: 9.5 cm // 3.74 inches
Width: 17.5 cm // 6.89 inches
Depth: 12.5 cm // 4.92 inches
Weight: 423 grams

Milk Jug
Height: 7.5 cm // 2.95 inches
Width: 13 cm // 5.12 inches
Depth: 10 cm // 3.94 inches
Weight: 279 grams