Please help on identifying this antique bronze item . and the inscription on it .

Looks like a pipe. Here's a similar one -

https://www.ebay.com/itm/164830174403

This is the way the mark should be positioned in order to read it. I can't read it myself; I'm sure someone will come along that can.



I would think more likely it's vintage at the most, could be newer, but I don't think it's antique.

 

Yes, it is recent, made to look a little older.
The mark is probably a manufacturer's mark. Or it just says: brass pipe.

 

It says 'Silver' in Chinese, but it does not appear to be so.

 

They just had the stamp lying around?

 

Wouldn't surprise me. If it were a bit narrower I'd think it was a cigarette holder, used to keep milady's cancer stick from staining her fingers or her gloves.

 

it's a good looking dragon !

 

Tobacco pipe - Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight!

 

Tobacco pipe/cigarette holder with the same maker's mark..... https://www.ebay.com/itm/185593318115?_trkparms=amclksrc=ITM&aid=1110006&algo=HOMESPLICE.SIM&ao=1&asc=20201210111451&meid=758b65a3e40845e3979853cdcb413fab&pid=101196&rk=1&rkt=2&sd=373101855807&itm=185593318115&pmt=1&noa=0&pg=2047675&algv=SimplAMLv5PairwiseWebWithBBEV2bAndUBSourceDemotionWithUltimatelyBoughtOfCoviewV1&_trksid=p2047675.c101196.m2219&amdata=cksum:185593318115758b65a3e40845e3979853cdcb413fab|enc:AQAHAAABMIep8YrnpoI5Ip1Fr26ya5Zdwg2V78Yl01uYLsdPZcFTvxKxDts2M2LiSIpUM3yyPCg4I%2FI%2F%2BBr%2B3lbC%2BxYqInYGBmzIxc4EMw3YF0EDxTKyb1f8PtFQzJWzfgInLI0yRHTzUv%2FfGs0KQ14tVPZnM5VIqcOd%2BXjGPgp9c8UmYmQBVvuhxlwwFLPwDjkodBARE6qweGKTQ9mqHRZRiv0Me0gMYNumDgoLankwiD6meoyo238VH9oSy%2FIQ%2FxpeyvrtzyIAlGZ%2FGeK99Fo9Ei5nPaC5eYOY0lsC1Z8xrFYj03v1lVlG%2F3TZpvoKgZW7SeQDpdkHKRTPfStz6ZauQzwyMDLdACnYUKMQaPmGqL3OHkvRU6o5l5NbUdAt5OwwDR2zgpzom5a%2F841Q7yNV2OF%2Fe3Q%3D|ampidL_CLK|clp:2047675

 

A friend had a mate from work who had his name in Chinese characters tattooed on his arm (or so he thought). They happened to be in a bar in China on a hot summer evening, and a guy next to them took a glance at this guy's arm and started to laugh uncontrollably. They asked what was the matter, and he said it read "do not iron"