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Important Silver & Silver-Gilt from a Hong Kong Collection
Hong Kong family collection
A woman of taste is without doubt a fine description of Mrs Lillian Li.
For the 44 years I have been connected with the Koopman family, Mrs Li and her family have been an integral part of our lives.
In 1983 she invited us to hold an exhibition at the new Regent hotel, Hong Kong. One never liked to turn down one of her graceful invitations, and we knew that she had our best interests at heart. This was very new for us and extremely exciting. Michael (Timo’s father) Leisje (Jacques’s daughter) and I were thrilled at the prospect of this visit to Hong Kong. With this invitation a whole new world and clientele opened up for us.
We arrived in Hong Kong with twenty trunks full of wonderful silver and held a selling exhibition that was memorable and attended by so many.
Obviously, whilst we were there, she beautifully hosted fabulous lunches and dinners to which she also invited many of her friends ensuring our success at this new event.
The dinners themselves were magnificent, and among the many fond memories of that
trip is my lesson in the use of chopsticks (I had never had a Chinese meal before) as I sat beside our fabulous hostess.
Mrs Li along with her gentle and charming husband Judge Simon Li came from a golden era when entertaining and living was always done properly, with grace and style.
We are very honoured that her family have entrusted us to work on some of the family silver now that it has passed to the next generation. The quality displayed in this small selection has always been a mainstay of Mrs Li’s choices, and she would hopefully enjoy and approve that these gems will be going to beautiful new homes.
Whilst this is a small and select part of this collection, we hope that you will enjoy reading about these treasures which graced the Li family home. A selection of these exquisite works will be exhibited at the forthcoming Winter Show in New York.
Lewis Smith
A woman of taste is without doubt a fine description of Mrs Lillian Li.
For the 44 years I have been connected with the Koopman family, Mrs Li and her family have been an integral part of our lives.
In 1983 she invited us to hold an exhibition at the new Regent hotel, Hong Kong. One never liked to turn down one of her graceful invitations, and we knew that she had our best interests at heart. This was very new for us and extremely exciting. Michael (Timo’s father) Leisje (Jacques’s daughter) and I were thrilled at the prospect of this visit to Hong Kong. With this invitation a whole new world and clientele opened up for us.
We arrived in Hong Kong with twenty trunks full of wonderful silver and held a selling exhibition that was memorable and attended by so many.
Obviously, whilst we were there, she beautifully hosted fabulous lunches and dinners to which she also invited many of her friends ensuring our success at this new event.
The dinners themselves were magnificent, and among the many fond memories of that
trip is my lesson in the use of chopsticks (I had never had a Chinese meal before) as I sat beside our fabulous hostess.
Mrs Li along with her gentle and charming husband Judge Simon Li came from a golden era when entertaining and living was always done properly, with grace and style.
We are very honoured that her family have entrusted us to work on some of the family silver now that it has passed to the next generation. The quality displayed in this small selection has always been a mainstay of Mrs Li’s choices, and she would hopefully enjoy and approve that these gems will be going to beautiful new homes.
Whilst this is a small and select part of this collection, we hope that you will enjoy reading about these treasures which graced the Li family home. A selection of these exquisite works will be exhibited at the forthcoming Winter Show in New York.
Lewis Smith
