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Subject:Re: Thomas Cook guide in Internet Archive
Posted By: Bill H Thu, Feb 04, 2016
Looks like you've already found the Yang Tianli characters yourself, but here's the link to a Chinese-language online document I found, from which I've translated the following excerpt containing a smidgen more on cloisonné exhibitors at turn-of-the-century international exhibitions.
據史料記載,景泰藍到清中后期才傳入民間。北京的景泰藍民間作坊最早是清咸豐、光緒年間才有的,當時有名的字號有老天利、楊天利、德興成等,他們制作的景泰藍不遜於宮內的“琺琅作”。北京的景泰藍在1904年美國芝加哥世界博覽會和1915年巴拿馬萬國博覽會上兩次獲獎。
According to historical records, only in the middle and later Qing period did cloisonné began spreading among the people. Workshops making popular Beijing cloisonné first appeared during the reign of the Qing Xianfeng to Guangxu emperors, while simultaneously the famous shop names of Lao Tianli (老天利), Yang Tianli (楊天利), Dexingcheng (德興成), etc., began making products that could not be called inferior to enamelware made for the palace. Beijing cloisonné at the USA 1904 Chicago World's Fair and the 1915 Panama World's Fair won awards at both events.
Best regards,
Bill H
URL Title :Chinese Article on cloisonne
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