thanks for the info, that I didn't know regards
oh well done ! looks identical to mine I would say and seems to confirm that w24 is the pattern rather than the year code with w=whitehall...
thanks, I was going by the letter W but the starr below the urn suggest after 1900 as you suggest.
maybe a salesman's sample case for traveliing, but no idea what for.....
german, polish, austrian, hungarian are all there plus many more
Hi Simona, I would strongly recommend visiting your local museums and looking at their netsuke if they have any or better still joining a local...
i'm sure the system isn't perfect. a friend uses it selling watches and seems happy with it for the assurances it gives buyers....
always feel a bit sad when I find things like this in pretty much mint condition (although filthy dirty), likely sat in someones cupboards for 100...
hi, yes thats my source too and most likely pattern no as you suggest many thanks
I figured it was as I couldn't see any traces of underlying grey transfer that you sometimes see, amazing skills I agree, and the best part is I...
thanks Peggy , its a start, I can see how it evolved into these more modern grapes designs....
Hi, a recent find and it appears to be wedgwood. I was surprised to see it is all hand painted with not much sign of an underlying transfer....
agree, when I imported a new handmade rug from central asia I had to have it certified that it was not an antiquity, they put on a small lead seal...
that kanji means 10 apparently but it can also mean completeness, so maybe just a mark showing the vase decoration was 100% finished. Could it be...
thanks for your replies, any idea what the mark on the rim is?
yes thats what made me curious, they should have been marked by that time 20s-30s but apparently older satsuma isn't , but this isn't that old, I...
All makes sense, except for the mon part I didn't get, pics of similar vases all have this floral pattern in gold on the cobalt blue ground...
hi all, recently found these mirror image vases and looking for confirmation they are probably Satsuma early 20th C?, I also have the following...
hi sunday silence, see some pics below of this cup and saucer set I picked up. Similar hand painted marks and my logic is that its genuine as...
it doesn't look like the same pontil area as those wales glass ashtrays.......
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