Distributor of "feather silk" 羽綢 (yuchou) and satin 緞 (duan). Not to be confused with "Bowern company" (1912)
Other names/related companies: Sykes, Schwabe &. Co. (1850), Schwabe &. Co., G. C. (1853), Bower, Hanbury &. Co. (1858), Ivesen &. Co. (1882), Ward. Probst &. Co. , Probst , Hanbury &. Co. , Ltd. (1885), Probst , Hanbury (China) , Ltd. (1913), White &. Co. , Ltd. W. A. (1930
Source/Reference: The Universal Dictionary of Foreign Business in Modern China, Sichuan People's Publishing House, 1995 (146-147)
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