Cased Four-piece Chinese Export Silver Tea Set

Description:

Cased Four-piece Chinese Export Silver Tea Set, Shanghai, late 19th/early 20th century, Tuck Chang & Co., makers, comprising ovoid teapot, creamer, and open sugar, all chased and embossed with scenes of figures and animals in landscapes, on stippled ground, with dragon-form handles, the teapot with cow-form finial, with a pair of sugar tongs engraved with landscape vignettes to arms, lg. 4 1/8, teapot ht. 5 1/8 in., in fitted wooden case, approx. 39 troy oz. total.
Estimate $800-1,200

good, with very minor usage wear, and some light age wear to case.

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