This glossary lists some of the most common marks of artisan and retail silversmiths found on antique Chinese export silver. Identification of Chinese silver marks can often prove to be a …

For almost 30 years there has been a widely held view that the most prolific of the Chinese Export Silver makers’ marks, Wang Hing, was an acknowledged supplier of silver wares to the New …

From the mid-19 th Century the Chinese silver marks began to form a pattern. There would be western mark – usually with the letters of the silver shop and then a Chinese mark which …

The marks used in the years of the China Trade Period (c. 1775 - 1880) on Chinese silver made for the Western market are often mistaken for the British Hallmarks they were intended to …

The directory of Chinese maker's marks and a review of Chinese Export Silver manufacture from late 18th century until the 1940s

Aug 6, 2019 · Nearly all pieces of Chinese export silver are stamped with the marks of the workshop, or with pseudo hallmarks in imitation of English hallmarks. Ongoing scholarship into …

The directory of Chinese maker's marks and a review of Chinese Export Silver manufacture from late 18th century until the 1940s

The marks we find on Chinese Export Silver can at best be described as “silver marks”, but given that no assay system ever existed in China; no equivalent system of silver regulation existed in …

Most extensive internet resource for research of Silver marks, Hallmarks & Maker's Marks - Chinese Export Silver Examples

Aug 12, 2024 · Finally, near the end of the 19th century, in the late China Trade period, there arose Wang Hing, which would grow into the most widely known and prolific manufacturer of …