TECHU SOLID SILVER

[Adrien von Ferscht]

"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 in the context of CES.

Anyone got any ideas?

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r68 ... 2de27e.jpg
http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/VONFE ... 9.jpg.html
http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/VONFE ... c.jpg.html
http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/VONFE ... c.jpg.html

[davidross]

I have never seen this Techu mark, either. For that matter, "Solid Silver" seems a bit odd on CES. I wonder if both pieces are Straits silver. The flower border looks to my eye more like a Straits motif than CES, and there are known Straits examples of the dragon-chasing-pearl.

More of an inkling than a thought; someone else may have a better lead.

Regards
DR