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Title: Can you help me with this vase?
Post by: Moola on August 08, 2016, 08:40:22 AM
My grandfather was doing some family history when he told me of this vase on the windowsill, I know his ancestor picked it up around the Second Opium War (probably in China) as he was the stoker of a ship and I was wondering if there was any interesting history behind it; also if the symbol on the bottom is a maker's mark. If so the name of the maker would be interesting to know.
Title: Re: Can you help me with this vase?
Post by: gerspee on August 08, 2016, 08:51:11 AM
Think it's a Japanese vase from 1920.30 at the oldest  :-\
Title: Re: Can you help me with this vase?
Post by: ssf2 on August 08, 2016, 09:50:09 AM
A circle with a cross in it is Satsuma from Japan. Hard to tell from the photo if there is anything else inside the circle.
Title: Re: Can you help me with this vase?
Post by: mart on August 08, 2016, 10:31:10 AM
http://gotheborg.com/marks/satsuma.shtml

This should help you !!
Title: Re: Can you help me with this vase?
Post by: Moola on August 08, 2016, 10:44:33 AM
A circle with a cross in it is Satsuma from Japan. Hard to tell from the photo if there is anything else inside the circle.
There is nothing else inside the circle, thank you!
Title: Re: Can you help me with this vase?
Post by: Moola on August 08, 2016, 10:45:07 AM
http://gotheborg.com/marks/satsuma.shtml

This should help you !!
Thank you very much, that's interesting, I'll tell him.
Title: Re: Can you help me with this vase?
Post by: mart on August 08, 2016, 12:55:33 PM
You can scroll down there to read about the mark,,!!