Description
comprising: a rectangular box, the cover embossed in high relief with a writhing dragon, marked 'Tackhing', '90% Silver' and 'M' to the base, engraved with the dedicatory inscription reading 'From Mr & Mrs B. S. Vieira, Hong Kong, 31st March, 1952'; another rectangular box, the cover decorated with leafy bamboo branches, marked 'Tackhing', '90% Silver' and 'M' to the base; a card case, engraved with the dedication 'Presented to Richard Cassidy by the Chinese staff of John D. Hutchison & Co, Ltd. on the occasion of his marriage, 29th August, 1947'; and a cake slice with mark of the University of Hong Kong (4)
Dimensions
largest 17cm long
Footnote
Provenance:
From the collection of the late Philip Stanley Cassidy CBE JP (1889-1971), a British and Hong Kong entrepreneur, and taipan of the John D. Hutchison & Co. and unofficial member of the Executive Council and the Legislative Council of Hong Kong; thence by direct family descent.