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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brian Warshaw, post: 3590532, member: 16674&quot;][ATTACH=full]306522[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]306523[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]306524[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The moment I picked up this cup I thought that it was not very old.</p><p><br /></p><p>I noted the poor quality of workmanship, especially prominent on the pattern round the rim, where there were white spaces where no white spaces should ever be.</p><p><br /></p><p>And there was no country of origin in the Latin alphabet, which would imply that the cup was exported from China before 1891.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Gotheborg claims that, &quot;It is said, that the only rule that is really certain when it comes to Chinese reign marks, is that most of them are NOT from the period they say.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>So please, would somebody who knows about these things, confirm or otherwise that this cup is the one (no doubt among many) that proves the Gotheborg premise.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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