Black ceramic Japanese decoration ID, & pottery pitcher ID

Both of these items are probably not even worth researching, but have become a little mystery that I would like to solve.....before taking them to donate.
#1, a black ceramic (?) Japanese decorated dish with lid. I can't find the mark anywhere. I've tried many different variations of what I think it reads with no luck. Is the mark Norwegian? Stands about 6" high with lid.
#2 A rough condition pottery pitcher (no breaks, but very badly stained). Marked Foreign, and #901. There is an impressed mark that I cannot make out. I can't even see it's there unless I hold it in just the right light/angle. Anyone recognize it? stands about 10 1/8" high.
Thanks for your time. Would just like to figure these out, so I can put them to pasture!

 

I haven't look around much yet but does the black one say Stile Sevres? There is a pair of blue vases on ebay with a Kobalt K Stile Sevres mark. Don't know who actually made them but presumably in the Sevres style is what they're going for.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PR-COBALT-S...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

Well I'll be darned SIS, thank you! That was some great sleuthing. I've been looking for about a week now on and off and never found that. The mark certainly looks the same....other than the top word, which looks to have worn away on my piece. I thought the words started with "L", so I was looking at "levres", which I thought was Norwegian Oops! I wonder who made them?, and why it would be cobalt (kobalt)...(on a black piece). Unless that's a makers name? The elderly woman that I got it from at a yard sale said "oh that's from Japan".

 

Now, with your help on the mark, I found this. Just says Europe, and again....it's blue.
I translated the page
http://translate.google.com/transla...rch?q=kobalt+stile+sevres&client=safari&hl=en

 

HANK---? HANKOUK, HANKOCH? Dunno. I'm thinking European (maybe Germany) for the Stile Sevres one.

 

Thanks Wendy! Every time it look at it, I come up with different letters....I've tried everything I can think of. Weird! I'll try your suggestions.

 

Probably a long shot, but since "Stile Sevres" literally translates from the Italian to Sevres Style maybe "Walter" on the PGP Board (sorry, GROUP) has a thought?

 

Walter is here now too

 

Ooops! I'd better keep up! Sorry about that...............

 

@Walter Del Pellegrino Maybe this will get Walter to have a look.

 

Thank you SIS, and Mansons.