Lao Fengxiang

Lao Fengxiang traces back to the Fengxiang Silver Building, opened in Shanghai in 1848 during the late Qing. It was among the city's earliest gold-and-silver jewellery houses and, by the Republican era, a leading name in Shanghai's silverwork trade.

Over more than a century it became the flagship time-honoured brand of China's gold and jewellery trade. Its ornaments and crafted pieces have appeared as state gifts and exhibition works, embodying the polish of the Shanghai craft tradition.

The house carries on traditional goldsmithing—filigree, setting and chasing done by hand—and blends in the inlay techniques of Shanghai-style jade carving to produce work that is ornate yet restrained and elegant.