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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bluumz, post: 8112672, member: 649&quot;](I posted about this 1950s teapot in the Finds thread but have been discovering some interesting background info and thought it deserved it&#039;s own thread.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>I picked up this teapot today at a local thrift. The restaurant&#039;s address is now a part of a huge hospital system. I&#039;ve done a bit of research on the teapot and found it is by the F.S. Louie company, which was started by a Chinese immigrant and based in Berkeley, CA. They used wares imported from Japan.</p><p><br /></p><p>The University of Idaho has an good webpage about Chinese Restaurant Wares and Ephemera, and specifically discuss the F.S. Louie company:</p><p><a href="https://www.uidaho.edu/class/anthrolab/collections/aacc/research/restaurant" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.uidaho.edu/class/anthrolab/collections/aacc/research/restaurant" rel="nofollow">https://www.uidaho.edu/class/anthrolab/collections/aacc/research/restaurant</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a YouTube video with lots of interesting info:</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]_9m8mS82r6Y[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My teapot is F.S. Louie&#039;s Phoenix and Dragon pattern:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]425504[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]425505[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]425507[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>F.S. Louie marks (screen catch from the video):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]425508[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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