It's been my understanding that writing like this on Chinese vases is likely to be some poetry and the script/characters are usually of an archaic...
That's great! Just put of interest, what sort of prices did they realize? In this current political scene, going with a Canadian auction house...
Looks like a story or legend.
:hilarious:That'll teach me from writing from memory! You write very well, and that was the only spelling/grammar quibble I had! (I worked with...
And where is your family from? That is an interesting head! Is there more information that you can share? I don't know about those early...
Be still my heart! I adore that Derby vase. Yellow is my favourite colour and that is just superb quality!
Bonhams or Waddingtons in Canada are a couple more choices, but listed properly on eBay might be a good bet.
Nope, we don't get bored. Post away!
Please don't feel that I'm being all Grammar Queen-ish here, but I noticed you have written "sort after" a couple of times and the phrase actually...
That is so sweet! I'm thinking first third of 20th c since I've seen that blurry red ink stamp on Chinese ceramics from that era. Never seen one...
Huh. Seen the stuff, but never heard of maki-e ware. Learned my something new today.
Hello Emily! It would be best to start your own thread for your item. Please include a photo of the base and any marks.
Got an auction house near you? Or send pix to one of the bigger Canadian ones and see what they say. I can't believe these wound up in a...
Aww, what a sweet set. It is Japanese, and you can find the factory name at gotheborg.com under Japanese marks, 20th c. With that pattern and...
Schlesische Porzellanfabrik Louis Levinsohn, a German factory has a similar mark in blue, but I couldn't find anything red with a very quick...
https://susansilverantiques.com/product/pair-staffordshire-tabby-cats-circa/...
I like the foo dog. I'm a pottie. What can I say?
Is Walter's website still available? Some members here may have Walter's book. You know that the decoration is sgraffito. Italian writing is...
Interesting mark for an Italian firm. The area of Bohemia/Austria/Czechoslovakia (as it was formerly) is a bit of a headache as names and borders...
That's what I was thinking. It's also been repainted.
Separate names with a comma.
