Chinese Export Silver Salt and Pepper Trolley
Chinese Export Sterling Silver Salt and Pepper Trolley
first quarter 20th century, by Tack Hing, Hong Kong, in the form of a rickshaw driven by a unicyclist, all with functional wheels, fitted with a pair of pepper casters and a glass-lined salt cellar, all in the form of a basket, together with a Lunt "Mount Vernon" salt spoon.
h. 3-1/2", l. 8", w. 2-3/4"; 4.38 total t. oz. (excluding glass liner)
Condition Report: Thin sheet construction, so a little wobbly, but otherwise in good used condition. The wire-twist ring holding one of the pepper casters is broken where it meets the other. Marked (on the back of the rickshaw) "Tack Hing / Sterling / Made In / Hong Kong / K". An interesting novelty.
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Chinese Export Sterling Silver Salt and Pepper Trolley
first quarter 20th century, by Tack Hing, Hong Kong, in the form of a rickshaw driven by a unicyclist, all with functional wheels, fitted with a pair of pepper casters and a glass-lined salt cellar, all in the form of a basket, together with a Lunt "Mount Vernon" salt spoon.
h. 3-1/2", l. 8", w. 2-3/4"; 4.38 total t. oz. (excluding glass liner)
Condition Report: Thin sheet construction, so a little wobbly, but otherwise in good used condition. The wire-twist ring holding one of the pepper casters is broken where it meets the other. Marked (on the back of the rickshaw) "Tack Hing / Sterling / Made In / Hong Kong / K". An interesting novelty.