A BOXED CHINESE SILVER THREE-PIECE TEA SET AND SUGAR...
A BOXED CHINESE SILVER THREE-PIECE TEA SET AND SUGAR TONGS, MARKED W.A (UNDOCUMENTED), CANTON, SECOND
HALF 19TH CENTURY - each bulbous body chased with a dragon, the handles simulating bamboo, the teapot with 'bamboo' spout and detachable cover with lobed knop, the milk jug and sugar bowl with gilt interiors, the pair of tongs cast with dragons, underside of bodies stamped W.A and a two character mark, tongs with two character mark only, all in the original blue silk lined fitted wood box with sliding cover - teapot 20cm long; 795gr (25oz) including ivory insulators to teapot handle - See H.A. Crosby Forbes, Chinese Export Silver, 1785 to 1885, p.140, nos. 219-221 for silver stamped with the W.A mark where the author notes that it is rare to find silver with this mark and suggests a date for this maker of the second half of the nineteenth century. Also see Adrien von Ferscht, Chinese Export Silver [Silver of the Qing Dynasty] 1685-1940, (http://chinese-export-silver.com.gridhosted.co.uk downloadable pdf catalogue) for further discussion of this mark.This lot is being sold for the benefit of Catwel (Cardiff, Registered Charity No.1086255).
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A BOXED CHINESE SILVER THREE-PIECE TEA SET AND SUGAR TONGS, MARKED W.A (UNDOCUMENTED), CANTON, SECOND
HALF 19TH CENTURY - each bulbous body chased with a dragon, the handles simulating bamboo, the teapot with 'bamboo' spout and detachable cover with lobed knop, the milk jug and sugar bowl with gilt interiors, the pair of tongs cast with dragons, underside of bodies stamped W.A and a two character mark, tongs with two character mark only, all in the original blue silk lined fitted wood box with sliding cover - teapot 20cm long; 795gr (25oz) including ivory insulators to teapot handle - See H.A. Crosby Forbes, Chinese Export Silver, 1785 to 1885, p.140, nos. 219-221 for silver stamped with the W.A mark where the author notes that it is rare to find silver with this mark and suggests a date for this maker of the second half of the nineteenth century. Also see Adrien von Ferscht, Chinese Export Silver [Silver of the Qing Dynasty] 1685-1940, (http://chinese-export-silver.com.gridhosted.co.uk downloadable pdf catalogue) for further discussion of this mark.This lot is being sold for the benefit of Catwel (Cardiff, Registered Charity No.1086255).
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