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Amazingly elaborate antique Qing Dynasty era Chinese presentation vase. Reads "To Dr. A.P. Peck, As a Reninder of Our Friendship in China, From His Friend Wei Hung Ping". Just incredible detailing of 4 Chinese men, (or at least I think they are all supposed to be men) and plant life. Reminds me very much of the Japanese Satsuma vases of the same time period. Condition: There are numerous dents/dings so I am leaning toards this being softer sterling and not silverplate. There are hallmarks on the bottom but they are in Chinese.Vase mesures approx. 8" tall and most likely dates somewhere between 1880 and 1910 to the early teens.A bit of history into who Dr. A.P. Peck was...Born Albert P. Peck of Beloit Wisconsin, he entered the Civil War at the age of 17. He later married Cecelia Flagg, became a doctor and eventually had, from what I can find, 3 sons and 1 daughter. The sons names were Myron Hall Peck, Willys Peck, Llewellyn Peck and the daughter's name I could not find. In 1880 he joined a group of medical missionaries headed to China. The group was a Congressional organization called the Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Their mission was to bring Christianity to the masses through the medical treatment of their bodies..."bringing the recalcitrant native to a sense of his possiblities and destiny". Up until the medical missionaries arrived, medicine was practiced by anyone who fancied themselves "doctors" and was mainly holistic folk medicine. Dr. Peck and his collegues treated diseases of every kind, as well as formulated treatments for opium addiction, which was of plague-like proportions at this time. Dr. Peck preferred using Nux, vomica, epecae, belladonna and Piperine for addiction rather than pills that contained small amounts of opium. He brought with him his wife and children (at least 1, maybe 2 of these children were born in China during his tenure there). During his stay he was made Dean of the newly added medical department at the North China College and later ran the Williams Hospital in Pang Chuang China, a hospital named after the founding missionary Dr. S. Wells Williams. Durng the Boxer Rebellion of 1900-1901, Dr. Peck was in America. It is unclear as to why he was there, whether he moved back of his own accord or if his mission ended. Many of his fellow medical missionaries that remained in China were killed and their hospitals destroyed. The Williams Hosptial in Pang Chuang was the only station left standing with buildings intact. He was returned in 1901 after the war, sent to reorganize the missionary efforts from Pang Chuang. His wife appears to have been very active in the missionary community as well, and attended many meetings, providing updates on the progress of their work in China. They both traveled quite alot between China and America, making speeches and presentations.The only other information I could find was that his son Myron was killed in battle in France during WWI on October 9, 1918 at the age of 42. He was a civil engineer by trade. Dr. A.P. Peck appears to have returned at some point and worked at Berkeley for a period and passed away in September of 1923 at the age of 79 .Most of the information I acquired online from The Missionary Herald By American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
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