Commemorative urn

The urn is inscribed: “Presented to the Honourable Tan Jiak Kim, Member of the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements as a memento of his appointment as Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George on 1st January 1912. With hearty congratulations and Best Wishes from the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Singapore”. A Chinese inscription is on the other side. The urn was commissioned from the Shanghai silversmith Wang Zixia 王子夏 of the Baochang 宝厂workshop, and bears those hallmarks.