Oriental Calligraphy on Chocolate Pot - Pottery Mark Query

by Paula
(Satellite Beach, Florida)

Oriental Calligraphy on Chocolate Pot - Pottery Mark Query:- I have been trying to research this mark on the bottom of a beautiful chocolate pot my aunt had but I can't find it anywhere.

If anybody could help I would really appreciate it!

Many thanks in advance! :-)

Paula

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Reply by Peter (admin)

to Oriental Calligraphy on Chocolate Pot - Pottery Mark Query:-

Nice query from Paula on an oriental calligraphy pottery mark on her Aunt's chocolate pot. Thanks.

Hi Paula

The markings are obviously oriental. Without a visual on your pot, helping you is a hard task.

I can see the markings themselves look to be quite nicely done hand written calligraphy. Even if it is a printed mark, (and you would only know that if you had two marks side by side to see if they were identical), it is a nice quality one, beautifully applied.

You tend to find on the more commonly available oriental chocolate pots were marked with English pottery marks saying "made in Japan" (the most common type). Even the pots with oriental script normally have an English mark saying "Nippon" (Japan), or made in China.

It would be great if we could get a Chinese or Japanese speaking person to interpret the script for us. Please make a comment below if you can oblige.

It might be that the reason your pot does not have these type of markings is because it was not a massed produced for export item.


And perhaps, the fact that it might be an oriental chocolate pot not destined for mass export puts it into an 'interesting' category immediately.

Older Chinese wares in particular seem to hold quite a good value, even if they are not of Imperial quality and not Ming dynasty. The items I have seen go through our professional team of experts, older Chinese seem to hold a greater value than Japanese wares, although some Satsuma wares can be worth several hundred dollars.

Here's a tip if you don't want to pay for an appraisal (see above) - find a native speaker of either Japanese or Chinese and ask them to read what the script says. I understand that people of Chinese origin can read and understand Japanese script and visa versa , so I can only presume the letters are rather the same as our letters in that (unless it is Russian) you can read the words of a foreign language, even if you don't understand the sentence.

Once you have the oriental script translated, you can get more clues as to the origin of your chocolate pot and then decide where to have it valued and appraised.

I hope this helps. Happy hunting!

Peter (admin)

p.s. The following page is a 'must see' if you are researching fine china - for value and identification:-

Researching the identity and value of antique and vintage fine china.

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