The Newchwang Club has added to its many ornaments a 15 cent. shell mounted erect on a rest of blackwood which has a silver shield bearing the following inscription : "A souvenir of the siege of Port Arthur presented to the members of the Newchwang Club by Lt.-Col. Yokura 1905."
Outside the shell case are fixed two thermometers side by side 一 the Fahrenheit and the Centigrade. It is crowned with a silver top which has a barometer set in the centre in the embrace of a pair of dragons. We understand that the work was done by Tuck Chang & Co., Shanghai, and has just arrived.
It reflects credit to the skill of the artisan as much as to the taste of the resourceful designer.
Source: The Manshū Nippō (滿洲日報) - 10th June 1906
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Tuck Chang & Co. - Shanghai
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Tuck Chang & Co. - Shanghai - 1934
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Shops to Delight the Gift-Seeker
Jewelry, for instance, that has about it the stamp of the Orient. Old wine carriers, of finely woven, intricately patterned silverware—that bears the superb record of patient, craftwork, Cigar and cigarette boxes of the same stuff, that can be “bought for a song.” Toilet sets, initialled or studded with heavy, aristocratic crests: silver-backed brushes and combs, for the heart’s particular choice. Libation cups, or the full spread of silverware for a festive table — this for the matron friend or mother. You will find many other suggestions in such shops as boast Shanghai’s best silversmiths—Tuck Chang, for instance, whose store is a familiar friend to every perplexed gift seeker and has been helping Shanghai shoppers out of their difficulties for almost as long as the Bund has been in use.
Source: The China Weekly Review - 14th December 1929
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Jewelry, for instance, that has about it the stamp of the Orient. Old wine carriers, of finely woven, intricately patterned silverware—that bears the superb record of patient, craftwork, Cigar and cigarette boxes of the same stuff, that can be “bought for a song.” Toilet sets, initialled or studded with heavy, aristocratic crests: silver-backed brushes and combs, for the heart’s particular choice. Libation cups, or the full spread of silverware for a festive table — this for the matron friend or mother. You will find many other suggestions in such shops as boast Shanghai’s best silversmiths—Tuck Chang, for instance, whose store is a familiar friend to every perplexed gift seeker and has been helping Shanghai shoppers out of their difficulties for almost as long as the Bund has been in use.
Source: The China Weekly Review - 14th December 1929
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