Zeewo of Shanghai – Silversmiths

Posted: September 30th, 2022 | No Comments »

I posted a while back on the preponderance of silversmiths is early twentieth century Shanghai, many of them perhaps having moved north from Guangdong and working mainly for the foreign and tourist market. Click here to see that post.

Anyway, here’s another marque i came across recently in an auction catalogue – ZEEWO (or sometimes ZEE WO) of Shanghai. Below an early twentieth century 4-piece teaset of circular form with applied decoration of fruits, birds, prunes, bamboo plants and flowers in panels around the bodies, naturalistic handles, gilt interiors, each piece stamped with a character mark and “ZEEWO” for Zeewo of Shanghai…

(there are two other posts on Shanghai silversmiths that may interest readers – on Tuck Chang here and on Luen Wo here)

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