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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…