If it is foxing (not sure it is ?) professional techniques may be of limited use. Even if the piece is fumed or spotted, rather than immersed, the...
I think you've got yourself an old bit of porcelain there mate! Superficially it has all the signs of Kraak porcelain ware, Ming dynasty .....
Yes, I can see what you're saying ...it does look a bit "hard-pastey" and that blue looks overglaze ..still, the marking convention is sort of...
I think they (all the British potters) did a version of the rockwork - in the "Gaudy Welsh" stuff it gets pretty abstract.
It's in puce, not red like the shape/pattern number, so probably a decorator's mark? Those little sprigs off to one side of the Chinese rockwork...
That reminds me of my friend Com, who used to deal exclusively in pewter stuff back in the old days. He was really bad at math and used to take...
It looks to me like it could be a "real" one, that is, sold at a chandlery for actual use on a boat ..too bad the burner is missing though ..not...
Style is early 19th c, no problem with that, could be New Hall, but to confirm you would have to match the pattern to a known piece of New Hall....
Modern Chinese vase
this is the mark, right way up. The Japanese name for these things is Suiteki and they tend to be rather special little things, kind of like Koro,...
I think this might be a water dropper for calligraphy? Too small for anything else!! No stopper, you regulate the amount of water at the spout by...
Difficult for me to make out if these are ceramic that has metal cladding or is the silvery stuff ceramic too? I don't think these are...
Usually insurance only covers loss. Good packaging practices and clear addressing are your best insurance.
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