Title
Lee Onn Goldsmith receipt
Year/Period
1968
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Image size: 24.0 x 19.6 cm
Accession No.
2020-00063
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Low family in memory of their late mother Mrs Low Guat Hiong
This is a receipt from Lee Onn Co., Ltd Goldsmiths and Jewellers for the jewellery gifts received by Lee Guat Hiong at her wedding in 1968. Gold, a symbol of wealth, nobility, and good luck for Chinese people, has customarily been given at weddings and other celebratory occasions. In the 1950s in Singapore, there were more than 20 goldsmith shops established by the Cantonese along South Bridge Road. Many opened early in the 20th century. This receipt depicts a miniature illustration of the Lee Onn shopfront and an illustrated view of the Singapore river as it would have appeared then.
