Antique Chinese Pewter Steam Set with Engravings of Dragons & Phoenix. Comprised of a hexagonal lobed tray pierced with seven circular apertures to fit twenty rounded vessels, similarly incised with Chinese characters, bird and flower motifs and bearing a six-character mark to the interior of each, with a incise-decorated 'dragon and phoenix' cover and two stacking boxes of the same shape, one box applied with six tubes and two handles and embellished with cartouches of various birds, the other further suspending a pair of handles and pierced to the sides. Circa 1850. {Width: 13 inches (33 cm)}. With a 'Certificate of Guaranty' issued by Eastern Dreams , Hong Kong. Condition: Wear, dents to the cover.