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HUNG CHONG and Co.

132, Nanking Road, Shanghai



Hung Chong & Co. - Shanghai - 1930

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HUNG CHONG and Co.,

Jewellers, Gold and Silversmiths, etc., 11B, Nanking Road, Shanghai.

The wonderful proficiency of the Chinese in the manufacture of gold and silver work, jewellery, ivory carvings, black wood and inlaid furniture, silk, embroidery, etc., finds, an excellent demonstration in the large stock in the premises of Messrs. Hung Chong and Co. The range of beautiful articles exhibited here is an epitome of the highest achievements of Chinese skill and art, and affords a splendid selection to those on the outlook for choice specimens of the most superior goods associated with the race. Here can be obtained articles which the best connoisseurs would value, while there is. a great abundance of wonderfully cheap curios and fancy goods of all kinds within the reach of the most limited exchequers, and eminently suitable for birthday or wedding presents.



The stock is submitted to inspection in a system of orderliness that cannot fail to be admired, and the handsome showcases and other equipment impart to the establishment an elegance thoroughly in keeping with its rich and lovely contents.

Messrs. Hung Chong and Co. have been established about fourteen years, and by their straightforward dealings and honourable records have proved themselves a firm from whom the public can purchase with the fullest confidence of receiving good value for every dollar spent.

Source: Seaports of the Far East, Historical and Descriptive, Commercial and Industrial facts, Figures,& Resources - A. Macmillan - 1907


HUNG CHONG & CO.



The Chinese are admittedly clever craftsmen, and the silver-ware which they manufacture is very popular with collectors of Eastern curios and souvenirs, by reason of its quaint beauty. Among the leading gold and silver smiths in Shanghai are Messrs. Hung Chong & Co., who deal largely, also, in blackwood furniture, embroideries, silk piece goods, &c. Their premises at No. 11B, Nanking Road, always present a very attractive appearance. The business was established in 1892 by Mr. Fok Ying Chew, who sold it in 1906 to the present proprietor, Mr. Sum Luen-sing. The large trade now carried on necessitates the employment of fourteen assistants and forty workmen. Mr. Sum Luen-sing is the son of Mr. Sum Cheuk Sing, and was born in Macao in 1871. He studied English in Shanghai, and at the age of sixteen joined the " Limpu" line of steamers. Alter remaining in this employment for three years, he obtained a post with the "Kangyue" line. He joined Hung Chong & Co., as an assistant, in 1892. He is married, and has one son and daughter.


Source: Twentieth Century Impressions of Hongkong, Shanghai, and Other Treaty Ports of China: Their History, People, Commerce, Industries, and Resources. Volume 1 - Arnold Wright - 1908



Hung Chong & Co. - Shanghai - 1916

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Possible early mark of Hung Chong


Later mark of Hung Chong & Co.

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