Chinese export silver dragon sugar & creamer, chop marks, help?

kali_is_my_copilot · Mar 28, 2017

Paid $5 for these and a pair of weighted sterling candlesticks. The closest I can find are pieces made by Wang Hing but I am totally lost with the marks. If they are upside down please let me know and I'll upload a flipped version.

JimDon · Mar 28, 2017

Gorgeous!

trdhrdr007 · Mar 28, 2017

Sweet. Are the dragons added to the pieces or are they hammered out from the inside (repousse)? I can't help with the marks....

cyberdan · Mar 28, 2017

kali_is_my_copilot said:
If they are upside down please let me know and I'll upload a flipped version.

My wife says she thinks it is right side up but she can't read it. She is Japanese. Chinese and Japanese sometimes use the same alphabets but in their own language.

I went here but no luck:
Chinese Export Silver Marks I - Online Encyclopedia of Silver Marks, Hallmarks & Makers' Marks

kali_is_my_copilot · Mar 28, 2017

The dragons are attached to the outside, not repousse. Someone on another forum said that the Mark on the left is for "pure silver" so guessing the other one is a maker's mark.

kali_is_my_copilot · Mar 29, 2017

Here are better pictures of the marks as well as the gently cleaned items in question, they're really beautiful.

DFW_THer · Mar 30, 2017

ugh.. love them!!!

kali_is_my_copilot · Mar 31, 2017

Sold these last night for $500 to someone on another forum. A different user on that site also was able to identify the mark as that of the silversmith Shengyuan.