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Perhaps a belated rseponse but I don't understand why someone is say the mark "文煒記" is "fake"! WEN WEI JI 文煒記 [jyutping MAN WAI GEI][taishanhua MUN UI KEE][hakka VUN VI GI] CANTON & HONG KONG - a Canton and Hong Kong-based artisan workshop that made copious amounts of decorat...

Belatedly
The mark is the mark of MIYAMOTO-SHOKO 宮本 ミヤモト ショコ

Belated, I know, but these buckets were [and still are] traditional Thai/Siamese teapot warmers. They were never ever made as "ice buckets"!

The decorative motif is of a peony; symbolises wealth, prosperity and rank Identifying birds in Chinese art is notoriously difficult, particularly in silver wares. The peony has a bird perching on a stem; not sure which bird that's supposed to be, but a rooster with peony symbolises 富贵大吉 "fugui...

MEI JI 美記 is the name of the artisan workshop; it's Chinese
"MEIJI", the Japanese dynasty, is 明治 [MINGZHI] in Mandarin

The mark is "RUN JI 潤記 [jyutping JEON GEI]; a Canton-based workshop
The retailer mark is not "UN"; it's "WH" for Wang Hing & Co
Unusual to find enamelled Chinese silver napkin rings

XIE JU 恊聚 Name of retailer
CHENG JI 成記 Name of workshop

DA FU, Hué, Viet Nam
Chinese silversmith working in Vietnam late 19th/20th centuries
Do you have an image if the box?

Article solving the S.M. mystery once and for all: http://chinese-export-silver.com.gridhosted.co.uk/DmccT

Anthony et al I am actually in the throes of writing an academic paper on the whole "S.M. Enigma". It sahould be published in about 2 weeks time. But the good news is I have finally unpicked all the threads and found the reality behind the mark, I'm sorry I can't divulge it right here and ...

Has anyone seen this mark before and knows anything about it?
I haven't, but am wondering if this has anything to do with the Sun Sun department store in Shanghai
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ukn6kczhfdrxk ... 20Mark.jpg

Thanks
Adrien

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY IMAGES OF ITEMS WITH THE FANG JIU XIA OR FANG JIU XIA RUN JI MARKS?
WOULD MUCH APPRECIATE IT IF YES

"TECHU SOLID SILVER" MARK Attached are images of two items [1] Cigarette Case that looks overtly Chinese Export Silver and [2] A large tray that could be Chinese Export Silver. They both carry the silver mark for "TECHU SOLID SILVER - a mark I've never seen before or ever mentioned i...

It could be Guang Ji, Hong Kong [1890-1920]

Not totally sure as mark is badly struck

BAO XING, Nanjing Chinese Export Silver Does anyone by chance have an image of any silver item that carries the Nanjing Bao Xing mark? I'd gratefully appreciate it. Am currently compiling the draft entries for the next 4th Edition of my catalogue and examples of work alongside the usual info is par...

You've solved it!
I was so fixated on the fact the last impress looked like a tree that I couldn't see anything else but a tree!
Thanks Trevor
Another one for the new edition cataloguing
Regards
Adrien

Hi Trevor

Do you really think the first mark is a "pseudo" lion passant?

As for the duty mark, what do you think it's trying to emulate?

I've never seen a Canton mark like this

The following mark has been shared with me. In Crosby Forbes' work in Appendix III he lists ACAO as a Canton maker, yet gives no mark. This mark for AKOW potentially be the same, but I've never seen a so-called pseudo hallmark with a tree symbol impress. I also do not recognise the first character m...

This is a link to the image for the Huang Jiu Ji mark http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh494/spoonseeker/spoonseeker001/AVF-1.jpg This is a link to an image of a jug by Huang Jiu Ji which has enamel work typical of his work http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh494/spoonseeker/spoonseeker001/AVF-...

This is the correct transliteration from Cantonese
Apparently he is a sought after maker by Chinese collectors but no collector seems to know his origin