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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 352259, member: 2844&quot;]I was going to say, the vases may never have been imported into the US.</p><p>There is more to the Western market than just the US, and the McKinley Act was just in the US. We have a lot of Satsuma here in the Netherlands as well, which never saw the US.</p><p>I guess the Japanese made batches just stamped for the US.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your vases may have come to India during British rule. The British hated the McKinley Act, because the high trade tariffs affected their trade and the trade between the US and their colonies. They may not have been happy with Japanese pieces stamped for the US market.</p><p>Of course the act affected the US badly as well, something which could be repeated if someone in the White House has his way.</p><p><br /></p><p>But wait a while, Tinytim, others may be along who are more knowledgeable on Satsuma.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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