Lot 520A, A good early 20th century Chinese Export silver five piece tea and coffee service, by Wang Hing, Hong Kong, gross 88 oz.

A good early 20th century Chinese Export silver five piece tea and coffee service, by Wang Hing, Hong Kong, of oval form, comprising a coffee pot, teapot, two handled sugar bowl, cream jug and milk jug, all with two engraved crests and continuously embossed with alternating panels of figures at various pursuits in village scene, birds amid prunus or bamboo and two dragons amid clouds, in oak fitted carrying case, inscribed, 'Thomas Scott' the designer of the Singapore Docks in 1907, coffee pot height 23.7cm, gross 88 oz.
Estimate £5,000-8,000

Slight knock top the top of the spout of the coffee pot. Small nick to the silver around the foot rim of one of the cream jugs. Minor surface scratches to the bases of all pieces and also to the handles and spouts. Otherwise in very good condition, with clear marks to the bases.
Box has general signs of waer and use. The lid has a slight split appearing. Interior fitted panel is split in two.


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Sold for £7,000