Historical significance of the Ching Dynasty Collection
Circa 1750 – 1830.
Alongside their beauty and intricate hand carved detail, the historical significance of these exquisitely etched works of art cannot be overstated.
Their production long predates our modern society. From a time when the worlds population was a mere 1 billion people {1800}. When King George III and Queen Charlotte of Britain were the heads of the British empire. Before the industrial revolution {1820} the colonisation of countries, the French revolution, {1789} and the last King and Queen of France Louie XVI and Marie Antionette and onto the rise of Napoleon. The world would have to wait 100 years for such aesthetically appealing hand carved artistry to similarly be displayed with the first Faberge egg commissioned for the Tsar of Russia in 1885.
As we hold and admire these pieces of exquisite hand carved art, we can be forgiven for fantasizing and taking poetic licence, to wonder as to whom may have held them before us hundreds of years ago.
Delicately etched by artists skilled like no other during that period in our history, each {one of a kind} piece captures a scene from a time, long since gone, hand carved in Canton China and destined to be held by royalty and the social elite of European society during a historic time in our past.
Fashioned into an exquisite piece of jewellery; to own a piece from the Ching Dynasty Collection; is truly to step back in time and own a slice of history.