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Hung Chong and Co (sometimes Hung-cheong)
Time Period:
Around
1850 to 1925
Location:
Canton - Club Street, Honam Island and Shanghai- II-B Nanking Road.
Maker Information:
Hung Chong was a retailer with locations in both Canton and Shanghai. This firm was noted as carrying good jewellery but also seems to have been quite a prolific distributor of silverwares. Most of the firm's items were marked HC or HungChong and Co.
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Marks:
The mark of Hung Chong has been observed in various different forms. It is known to exist in the following forms:
| HC |
HC with shop mark |
| HC with pseudo English hallmarks |
HUNGCHONG&CO with shop mark |
| HUNGCHONG&CO |
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Known workshop/artisan marks:
Hung Chong was known to employ a number of different workshops. Known workshop/artisan marks are as follows:
Ch'i Chi, Chi Ji, K'ei Kei
其記 |
Hsiang Yuan, Xiang Yuan, Ts'eung Uen
祥源 |
Chien Chi, Jian Ji, Kin Kei
建記 |
Liang Sheng, Liang Sheng, Leung Shaang
良生 |
Fu Hsing, Fu Xing, Fuk Hang
福行 |
Ming Chi, Ming Ji,
Meng Kei
明記 |
Heng Ch'ang, Heng Chang, Hang Cheung
恒昌 |
Sheng Chi, Sheng Ji, Shaang Kei
生記
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Hua, Hua, Wah
華
| Yuan Lun, Yuan Lun, Uen Lun
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Hsiang Lung, Xiang Long, Ts'eung Lung
祥隆 |
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Examples and their marks:
Item # 1 - Hung Chong
Provenance: From the collection of Will Tomlinson
Form: Large standing cup with base in the form of a dragon head emerging from clouds and breathing fire creating the stem support for the bowl. Bowl with repousse dragons amongst clouds with central reserve bearing the three letters in undecipherable order "S,S,and E".
Dimensions: 9.25 inches tall , 4 inches wide
Item # 2 - Hung Chong
Provenance: From the collection of AAT
Form: Reticulated candy dish on ball feet
Dimensions: 5 inches wide
Item # 3 - Hung Chong
Provenance: From the Shen Rong collection
Form: Victorian Paper Knife/Page Turner in the form of a Jade Ruyi Sceptre
Dimensions: 9 inches long, 5/8 inches wide
Item # 4 - Hung Chong
Provenance: From the collection of John Shenton
Form: Three piece cruet set including mustard pot, pepper castor, and open salt. Each with panels including four clawed dragon amidst streaming cloud forms, elder in garden beneath tall pine tree, streaming florals, bamboo, chrysanthemum, prunus, and chinese characters.
Dimensions: Mustard pot and pepper castor both 3 inches tall, open salt 1 3/4 inches tall
Item # 5 - Hung Chong
Provenance: Examples sought
Form: Examples sought
Dimensions: Examples sought
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