˜A CHINESE SILVER MATCHED THREE-PIECE TEA SET, WANG HING, CANTON AND HONG KONG,CIRCA 1890

˜A CHINESE SILVER MATCHED THREE-PIECE TEA SET, WANG HING, CANTON AND HONG KONG,CIRCA 1890of shaped square outline, the bulged sides chased with matted ground panels of bamboo, figures in landscapes or paying court, and prunus blossom, with handles simulating bamboo, milk jug and sugar bowl with gilt interiors, teapot with prunus chased lid below a bamboo finial, 'WH' and '90' stamps to underside, teapot with workshop mark '仁記'(Ren Ji), sugar bowl and milk jug with workshop mark '佳記' (Jia Ji), teapot 21cm long; together with a pair of plain Chinese silver sugar tongs, also stamped 'WH' for Wang Hing and indecipherable workshop mark; 1176g including ivory insulators to pot, excluding fitted wood box (5)We are grateful to Adrien von Ferscht for identifying the artisan workshops. For further information on the firm of Wang Hing, please see Adrien von Ferscht, Chinese Export Silver 1785-1940 – The Definitive Collectors’ Guide, 4th Edition, Glasgow and Beijing, January 2015.