Speaking of old silverware, each person may have several pieces at home: the silver bracelet at the bottom of the box, and the silver lock piece worn by Grandpa when he was a child. The old silver precipitated in these years, in addition to exquisite craftsmanship and special patterns, also gives a sense of nostalgia that is unclear and unclear, attracting many collectors for their love.
Wang Yong of Huangyan is a collector who is obsessed with old silverware. He spent 16 years collecting more than 1,000 pieces of old silver jewelry. In Wang Yong's view, these silver jewelry are not only the precious metals circulating in the market, but also the inheritance of crafts and folk customs.
He has collected thousands of old silverware
Silver crown, hairpin, earrings, pressure, bracelet, silver lock, silver buckle... Into Wang Yong’s Treasure Pavilion, you can see all kinds of old silverware, some thousands of grams, some only A few grams.
A hundred pieces of old silverware are put together, dazzling, but Wang Yong said that this is only a small part of his collection. In the face of such a large number of old silverware, how to classify it becomes difficult.
"To classify the old silverware, there are too many doorways. According to the major categories, there are generally two types of silverware and silver ornaments." Wang Yong said that he mainly collects silver ornaments, and silver ornaments can be divided into hair ornaments and necks. Accessories, earrings, arm ornaments, chest pendants, etc., subdivided: necklaces, long life locks, etc.; earrings, earrings, etc.; waist and waist pendant with waist chain, waist card, etc...
According to the different regions, the crafts of the old silver also have their own characteristics. “The old silver of Sugong is hand-crafted and delicate, and the decoration is exquisite; Jiangxi’s work is simple and smooth; while the old silver in Taizhou generally uses the silk process, and the three-dimensional sense is stronger.†Wang Yong said.
During the speech, Wang Yong took out one of his "babies" - the silver crown in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, with a dragon in the middle of the silver crown, a bead on the top, and two dragons rising from the side, appearing as a double dragon The trend of the bead, "This is obviously the work of Sugong, the lines are exquisite, the hand is meticulous. You see, the dragon scales and dragon claws are very clear, and the whole dragon is vivid."
"Now the silverware is mostly made by machines, and there is no such thing as the old silver." At the time of the show, Wang Yong pointed at the fine patterns on the silverware more than once. These patterns are inseparable from the old generation of craftsmen. The craftsmanship of the old silverware light has a hundred pieces, the process is also very complicated, roughly through a dozen processes such as silver, casting, molding, silk flowering, welding, cleaning, etc. Small old silversmiths, craftsmen may need to sleep for more than ten hours. If it is a finer silverware, it will cost more."
Wang Yong introduced that compared with porcelain of the same size and contemporaneous period, the labor of silver condensing is far greater than that of porcelain, and the production time required is much longer, and because the whole process must be hand-made, the output of old silverware Lower, longer cycle.
Collecting old silver is also a collection of folk customs
While collecting old silverware, Wang Yong devoted himself to studying the folk customs and folk customs behind it.
He said that the use of silverware has a long history. It has a history of thousands of years. In ancient times, people placed their wish for peace, prosperity, longevity and longevity on various silverware, thus forming a Chinese folk silver. Culture.
"Like a child's long life lock, Kirin lock, etc., it means the elders' blessings for the younger generation, representing the good wishes of good luck and longevity." Wang Yong said that after the child is born, the grandmother will send "one silver". I wish the children a long life and a prosperous family business. This is a folk custom that has lasted for nearly a thousand years in China.
In Wang Yong’s collection of old silver medals and silver locks, most of them are words and patterns such as “Boy holding lotusâ€, “Kylin to send the childâ€, “Zhuangyuan and Diâ€, “Tianguan blessingâ€.
Not only is the child wearing silver jewelry, silverware ancients used mostly contain a wide variety of meanings.
Yong side is offering old silver gilt listed, palm-sized, the thickness of only 1 mm, of Phoenix hollow pattern carved with a lion, the entire listing Ambilight "when it is worn chest ancestors married ornaments, Phoenix the lion is the 'Phoenix Shi child' homonym, meaning hope newlyweds Taoyuan County. "
In the eyes of Wang Yong, old silverware above there are endless scenery, endless reading the article, the solution is not through philosophy, that the mountain trees, forest birds, the water, among the flowers, a symbol of good luck, sustenance thoughts.
Small silversmith collection
On the reason for the collection of old silverware, Wang Yong said that fate can only be explained.
Wang Yong is 33 years old. In the past few decades, he has spent nearly half of his time dealing with silverware. After graduating from junior high school at the age of 16, he began to apprentice to a famous silversmith in the local area, and then opened a silver shop. This was the beginning of his career and the beginning of his connection with the old silverware.
At that time, there were often hawkers who went to the house to collect "silver". The old ladies would sell the old silverware at the bottom of the pressure box. Even if they didn't sell it, some people would get the silverware shop to melt it and re-cast it into a fashionable style. Silver jewelry.
As a craftsman, Wang Yong naturally understands what this piece of old silverware is used to recast.
Wang Yong said that unlike other cultural relics, the old silverware itself is a precious metal, and it is difficult to preserve the world's products. Especially China's modern silverware, experienced the looting of foreign powers, warlords, wars, eight years of war, three years of civil war and other hardships, The silverware that survived the preservation is precious. "Looking at the disappearance of old objects, it’s too heartbroken. These are all the ones that melt one piece!"
Sometimes it is too distressing, Wang Yong will spend money to buy the old silverware that the customer brought, and then slowly develop the habit of collecting.
"The old silverware is very beautiful, the golden glory is shining, the silk is bustling, the enamel is gorgeous, the silk is delicate, the treasure is dazzling, and the emerald is elegant." Wang Yong said that in recent years, more and more people have realized the beauty of the old silverware. Some good old silverware prices have turned several times.
"There are more old silverware in the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China on the market. The old silverware with collectible value is not only less circulated, but also very expensive." Wang Yong said.
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