古田 = Gǔ tián Gutian county in Ningde 寧德|宁德[Ning2 de2], Fujian which is a province on the southeastern coast of China
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Well, one could certainly be a reproduction of the other. Your's appears newer, brighter, glossier, the other appears older. That is...
Chinese Mark read top to bottom, left to right, therefore. 光绪 年製 大清 Guangxu Years Qing Dynasty The Guangxu Emperor (14 August 1871 – 14 November...
very nice.... does yours also have that same stamped mark, which, being Chinese, would likely make it Seal Script, a form of ancient Chinese.
Correct orientation is this way up...[ATTACH] As for what it says, I haven't a clue. The only character I can understand is the top right large...
Well, I'm not sure my identification is all that accurate on the second character, but the first one 表 can = table. Though when partnered with...
Ha Ha. Well, if it melted, it's definitely not bone or ivory as they don't melt. It would mean that either they are plastic or resin, or...
Side text looks like 表逸 but it is hard tell for sure for calligraphic writing at times
The calligraphy is Korean 恩星 = Eun Seong (Pronounced Unsong) Here's a clear example of the same mark. [ATTACH]
Well, the most I can make out is that the four large characters are Chinese Seal Script and 'essentially' saying what is written in English next...
When you performed your hot pin test, did you smell something akin to burning hair or instead, burning teeth? Burning hair smell is an indicator...
I cannot abide cruelty to pins..... They have feelings too you know. How'd you like being heated to red hot and jabbed into things? Show some...
Sorry, I missed seeing that you had performed the hot pin test. Have you checked extremely up-close under a magnifying glass perhaps? Here is a...
Well, I tried to test your item for glow in the dark properties, but no matter how long I point my UV light at your items photo for, the moment I...
The mountain with stream is the mark of the Fukagawa Seiji company. Eizaemon Fukagawa started the Fukagawa company in 1875 (Koransha = Scented...
I agree the mark is 明治 Mingzhi, reading Meiji in Japanese. As in Emperor Meiji and the period named for him just as you say.
Alas, I am at a loss.
Unfortunately, I cannot make out the text well enough. This is the best I could bring out the print, hopefully someone may have a better eye than...
Kind of looks like 潮 江 夕景 = Tide River Evening View
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