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government permits of trade and two Hong merchants

pictures of early American trade with China, including maps, trading houses, receipt for textiles and a portrait photograph of Augustine Heard

A heavy oval silver teapot by Linchong, Canton (1785-1840), inscribed with the name and bearing the arms of Isaac Hinkley (1783-1818).

Chinese export porcelain teapot, Mandarin pattern of the early to mid 19th century in the Famille Rose colors, a color named for the pinkish reds.

Laquered sewing boxes like this one were frequently found in Maine deepwater captains' homes, a useful gift or something that a captain's wife might have bought for herself when shopping in Canton. Chinese lacquered sewing box from Canton. Gilt…

Detail of East India Archipelago, Western Route to China, Chart No. 5, showing Macao, the Canton River, and Hong Kong. Whampoa Reach was as high as trading vessels were allowed to sail on the Canton River.