The Origins of Chinese Export Silver –In The Beginning… Silver craftsmanship has been around in China for thousands of years but it wasn’t until the late 18th century that the name Chinese Export Silver began to be used It grew out of the Canton system of trade https://brewminate.com/the-canton-trade-system-in-china-in-the-18th-and-19th-centuries/ The foreign merchants were corralled in the … Continue reading The origins of Chinese Export silver – in the beginning