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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;blooey, post: 1507971, member: 12007&quot;]For a while back there, some Chinese wares were sometimes known as Lowestoft, mainly due to Lowestoft porcelain&#039;s resemblance - we don&#039;t hear that term so much anymore, but back in the 1950&#039;s it was quite common to see Chinese export listed as Lowestoft.</p><p><br /></p><p>The note, however, was probably with another piece and somehow got mixed in with your bowl by mistake, as your bowl is a domestic ware dating to the mid 19thc. The mark inside, which I refer to as a &quot;chip mark&quot; is an owner&#039;s mark, chipped into the porcelain with a sharp point by the owner.</p><p><br /></p><p>Often these owner&#039;s marks are put on the wares to identify the piece in a canteen or work camp situation, where the bowls would be used in a communal setting. Many Chinese bowls with owner&#039;s marks are found in old mining or railroad construction camp sites.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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