§ A CHINESE SILVER THREE-PIECE TEA SERVICE

by Shang, Canton and Hong Kong, retailed by Cum Shing, Canton, c.1900, comprising a teapot, milk jug, twin-handled sugar bowl and a pair of sugar tongs, each of globular form upon a tapering collet foot, the teapot with a curbed spout and C-scroll handle modelled as bamboo, the handle fitted with ivory insulators, the hinged slightly domed lid surmounted by a detachable finial modelled as bamboo, the bodies with embossed decoration of a trailing Chinese dragon, with a vacant circular cartouche, the milk and sugar with a gilt interior, each marked underneath with an artisan mark and retailer’s mark CS, sugar tongs with the artisan mark only, in an original fitted wooden case. (3) Teapot 20cm long, 27.4 troy ounces gross

Elstob Auctioneers is grateful to Adrien von Ferscht for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.

With non-transferable standard ivory exemption declaration number CFXC62AF