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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: debodun on October 13, 2014, 11:13:06 AM

Title: copper plated dish
Post by: debodun on October 13, 2014, 11:13:06 AM

This leaf mint/bon bon dish is 6 inches long. It looks like it was plated with copper and the worn areas look to be a darker metal. It is easily bent. There is a mark I can't identify on the bottom. Does anyone know what it signifies?

Title: Re: copper plated dish
Post by: KC on October 14, 2014, 09:55:36 PM

The mark is crossed Imperial Chinese and Japanese flags with the star and Turkish Crest Moon for Mr. AA Vantine Company.  This is typically seen on porcelain!

http://www.gotheborg.com/marks/20thcenturyjapan.shtml (http://www.gotheborg.com/marks/20thcenturyjapan.shtml)

Here is a site that "Welcome to Vantines.net, an on-line museum celebrating this long defunct importer of Asian goods."
http://vantines.net/ (http://vantines.net/)

Title: Re: copper plated dish
Post by: debodun on October 15, 2014, 05:07:40 AM

Thank you! That was very informative.