Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
2022
This is the rose decoration embossed on the back of the inkwell belonging to my grandfather, C.E. Warren. The front carries his initials and there are ornamental silver dragons on each side. I was interested that my grandfather chose to combine the English rose with the typically Chinese chrysanthemum on the lid to express his dual loyalties. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
2022
Continuing the theme of Chinese flower symbolism that I mentioned earlier regarding the plum blossom border pattern on an antique wooden stand for a good luck plate, I was interested to see that my grandfather, Charles Warren had both the chrysanthemum, highly valued in China, and the English rose embossed on his inkwell. This photo shows the chrysanthemum on the lid of the inkwell. The inkwell seems to be made of ebony and silver and was a bequest to my father. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
2021
Dr Adrien von Ferscht has asked me for a photograph of the silver mark on the silver cup that was presented to my grandfather C.E. Warren in 1903, in case it was a Wang Hing cup. If I decipher the mark correctly, it reads "KL" which probably speaks for itself. <Read more ...>
The name of Gilbert Harriman is remembered in my family as the trainer of my grandfather, Charles Warren’s racing ponies, known as the “Tile” ponies, during the years 1920-1923. When one of the Tile ponies won the Professional Cup at the Happy Valley Derby, a photographer was hired to commemorate the occasion, snapping Charles Warren and his daughter Evelyn together with Harriman and the magnificent trophy for posterity.<Read more ...>
In my efforts to unravel the social circle of my grandfather Charles Warren from the names of the people who attended his funeral or sent wreaths, I've had difficulty identifying this person because of differences in the spelling of his surname and also the date of his death. Carl Smith describes him as a marine engineer, which seems right as we can find him in the Jurors Lists of 1909-11 as Foreman at the Taikoo Dockyard. There is a John George Swanston listed at the DBS in 1887 which would probably mean that he was born in Hong Kong. <Read more ...>
A three storey building on Wyndham Street, with two shop fronts facing the street. Numbered 1&3 on the 1901 map. Does not appear in Beato's 1860 photos of the area but is present in Floyd's late 1860s photos. Replaced by the South China building in the 1920s <Read more ...>
This is an early ad for C.E. Warren when he (my grandfather) was still a one-man band and had not formed a company. Can anyone tell me what the building opposite the Club Germania was in 1901? Any number? Is there a 1901 map of that area? I've seen a reference to it, but can't find it. <Read more ...>
There are already quite a few posts on Mount Caroline Cemetery, and I contributed to the early discussions, having found myself in the cemetery during my initial search for traces of my grandfather’s house at the top of Broadwood Road. <Read more ...>
I'm interested to find out more about William Anderson who was the Managing Director of Anderson Music Company and who was one of the first residents of Broadwood Road and close neighbour of my grandfather, Charles Warren. The Rate Book of 1918-1919 has William Anderson at "Gilstead", 18 Broadwood Road, which I believe was one of the houses built by my grandfather's company. (The Jury List recording Anderson at 19 Broadwood Road must be a typo). <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
2017
I wonder if anyone else has a cup of this type or similar. I posted a query about it five years ago and tngan kindly answered that it was probably a typical gift in thanks for a service. It's difficult to get a good photo of the inscription because of the curved surface and the reflection, but the bordered shield contains the normal monogram CEW of my grandfather, Charles Edward Warren. The inscription reads "To C. E. WARREN ESQ./From LI SUI CHI/HONG KONG/1903" I still don't know who Li Sui Chi was, nor what the cup was given for. <Read more ...>
