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Subject:Marks on Chinese Silver Snuff Box
Posted By: Sarah Thu, Jul 06, 2017 IP: 69.117.76.255 I saw this sell unidentified on ebay for around $1800. Was wondering if it may have sold for more if the artist was anyone special. Any idea on what the marks on the side say as well as the ones on the bottom? |
Subject:Re: Marks on Chinese Silver Snuff Box
Posted By: Bill H Fri, Jul 07, 2017 The four-character mark on the box (2nd photo) reads down as 萬𤼵永記, but the second character is obsolete. My best guess is that it may have been replaced by 發, and that the mark is 萬發永記, which would be Wan Fayong Ji (Registered mark of Wan Fayong, with Wan being a surname. My cursory search of the characters found one Google hit on Wan Fa Yong (萬發永) as a firm involved in the issuance of private banknotes in "1907" (32nd year of the Guangxu reign). |
Subject:Re: Marks on Chinese Silver Snuff Box
Posted By: Sarah Sat, Jul 08, 2017 Thanks for the help, Bill. After seeing the auction I was curious as to why it went so high. It is definitely a nice little export silver box, but I thought maybe the name may have belonged to someone special. |
Subject:Re: Marks on Chinese Silver Snuff Box
Posted By: I. Nagy Sun, Jul 23, 2017 Basically, I agree with Bill's company reg. mark |
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