This one that google lens shows is close:...
It's kutani, but how can I say that it is not good kutani without offending anyone? ;):smuggrin:
The common English phrase is "comparing apples to oranges." To potties, porcelain and pottery are related, but also 2 different things. I get...
Had to google "grog tempered" as it was a new term to me. Good info when looking at studio pottery -- I have seen it a lot with studio pottery...
LOL, it's Canadian. Who knew? You could contact the owner to see if it is Canadian made or if she "sourced" it from elsewhere....
Well, if it's a marriage, it's a very harmonious one!
Years ago I saw a documentary on Walmart and its buying practices. They put incredible pressure on their suppliers -- duress if not bullying....
Oh man, that's harsh! Sorry, but Meta is a mega-company and if someone reports your posts/comments, you're done for. If you thought it was worth...
Now isn't that a curious thing? First glance, you think studio pottery (that style was 1990s/early 2000s? WAG) and then the base shows impressed...
Come on over now, why not?
The silver needs polishing -- a jewelery/sunshine cloth would do the trick! I would've picked it up just because of the silver overlay, but the...
I was just thinking that it looked Egyptian, too! GMTA!
Gad, lost my post... AI/Google lens says it's a Meissen pattern, which is why it looked German to me, LOL! So, could be a copy of a Meissen...
I think that's what is called a "sympathetic repair." Well done. It's a happy censer now!
Yes. I realize now that my post sounded a tad dismissive. It does show that "fussy" was old and smooth and clean was the "new."
Forget my nickel theory, but I did polish those nickel egg cups a lot thinking they were silverplate, LOL! Polish away!
That was my first thought, LOL. The tails look like fallopian tubes to me. I think it is a lino-cut or some similar printing process. I don't...
They just stuck a handle on to make a cup! To me this stuff looks a tad like restaurant ware.
Dang. Wish I could tell what the other letter is, too. Mid-19th c, I think. Hopefully others will chime in.
Could be silverplate, but might be nickel. I recall my grandmother had some eggcups that were nickel and not silverplated. The base was "fancy"...
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