I thought it was an angel complaining to the lady that the marijuana plant she just bought turned out to be oregano.
OTOH, most nouveau-riche Chinese nationals don't know s*it about stuff and bid way over the value as they have plenty more money -plus- are easily...
This was super cheap, I used to handle these things almost exclusively, someone got a major score.
Very nice - but way overpriced, it's just a teapot after all - a nice teapot, but so what!
You betcha, sommerso.
These are pretty good and look like they are NOT later restrikes. You have some valuable ones there. :)
Decoration looks very nicely done, so I'd guess Republic period
My first reaction was Mt Joye
Sure he would have, it's metal under that enamel!
looks like the stuff my mom bought in the 70's - she called it Capodimonte and I think that's what it was known as.
looks like a jenever bottle to me, possibly pewter mounted by Gero, 20thc
yes Raku.
Yes, the ones that could read did! Wesley was the champion of the industrial revolution working classes and very few were literate ....fwiw
Real for sure
these won't come cheap!
that effect is called reticulation
There is nothing Chinese about the OP's plate. English, 19thc.
Very close, but as I'm originally from a town very close to Nantgarw, the correct pronunciation is Nant-ga-roo, "w" being the "oo" vowel in Welsh.
Bitumen ground so mid to late 19thc - also amateur artist
Oribe ware isn't porcelain for starters.
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