GUEST: This is a first-place
trophy from the Canton
Sailing Regatta in 1859.

APPRAISER: It's a wonderful
example of what we would call
China trade silver. If you can

imagine the maritime trade as
it would sail to Canton, once
it arrived there, it was there

for three months, six months.
All those sailors needed things
to do. So they golfed, they

played polo, they played
soccer, and they sailed.
You said 1859, I see 1850.

APPRAISER: That's very, very
early for this sort of piece.
Most of these were made for

the Chinese market. What
you would do is, you'd
go into your Chinese
retailer, the silversmith,

and you'd pick out what you
wanted, and then you would have
it engraved for that particular

occasion. Well, they happened
to pick out a Chinese silver
cup that was made for the

Western market. Many of the
ones made for the Chinese market
have these embossed dragons

and figures and villages
all over them that represent
Chinese life. This has more the

acanthus leaves that you would
find in a nice piece of English
silver. Now, underneath here,

we have the hallmark that looks
English, but it's really a
pseudo-English hallmark. And

in the middle of that,
you see the three letters
that distinguish this
as having been made

by Khe Cheong, a very prominent
silversmith in the mid-part
of the 19th century for China.

In a well-advertised auction,
this should sell somewhere in
the range of between $5,000

and $8,000.

GUEST: Pretty good.

APPRAISER: I think it's great.