Hou Chang House Antiques, Curios, Diamonds & Perles (sic), Bubbling Well Road, Shanghai

After yesterday’s post on the Little Shop I am grateful, once again, to Mike Franco for also sending me a receipt and a very elaborate receipt it is too) he acquired from old Shanghai’s Hou Chang House – “Dealers in Perles (sic), Diamonds, Chinese Antiques Curious and Furniture of Arts”

The Hou Chang House store was on the Bubbling Well Road (Nanjing West Road) by Moulmein Road (Maoming Road North) – in 1929 someone living in Young Allen Court (still standing on Chapoo Road/Zhapu Road) bought several lovely items. Hou Chang House is shown at No.151 in 1929, but in the mid-1930s they changed all the road numbering on the Bubbling Well Road for some reason and it is later listed as No.1465. And just for the nerds – their telephone number was 38364!