c. 1820 Cum Shing (Cumshing) of Canton, China Chinese Export Silver Sugar Urn

$4,000.00
Offered for sale, exceedingly rareFederal Period 1820 silver sugar urn by Cumshing of Canton [Chinese Export Silver, 1785 to 1885. H. A. Crosby Forbes shows another sugar urn by this maker]. The urn has an upper and lower beaded girdle and a traditional urn form finial. The body smooth and nicely decorated with a repeated leaf motif decorated at the base. A perfectly fitted lid. Some repairs at the finial. Condition is superb overall. Couple of light bruises at the foot. Made of a stout gauge of silver. An uncommon form, likely modeled after a Philadelphia sugar urn. Mark: 1. Mark; on foot; struck here is the maker's mark "CS" in rectangle; Weight: heavy at 434 grams Dimensions (inches): 4.25" x 8" Check out some of my other Chinese Export sterling silver here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/DCSILVERSHOP?ref=shop_sugg§ion_id=29377402 Or just browse around the shop! https://www.etsy.com/shop/DCSILVERSHOP
Offered for sale, exceedingly rareFederal Period 1820 silver sugar urn by Cumshing of Canton [Chinese Export Silver, 1785 to 1885. H. A. Crosby Forbes shows another sugar urn by this maker]. The urn has an upper and lower beaded girdle and a traditional urn form finial. The body smooth and nicely decorated with a repeated leaf motif decorated at the base. A perfectly fitted lid. Some repairs at the finial. Condition is superb overall. Couple of light bruises at the foot. Made of a stout gauge of silver. An uncommon form, likely modeled after a Philadelphia sugar urn. Mark: 1. Mark; on foot; struck here is the maker's mark "CS" in rectangle; Weight: heavy at 434 grams Dimensions (inches): 4.25" x 8" Check out some of my other Chinese Export sterling silver here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/DCSILVERSHOP?ref=shop_sugg§ion_id=29377402 Or just browse around the shop! https://www.etsy.com/shop/DCSILVERSHOP