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Well that's a cute little piece. Offhand I would say European or Asian. I got your picture of the pattern and you say you have one of the marks?

That would be great.



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Thanks,

~Diana

Thanks.

Let me take a look and see what I can find.


~Diana

No problem. =)

~Diana

Hi Candi.

I found the mark in more than one book and on a few more items of the same style, but so far there's no maker tied to it. I'm trying to track that down now. =)


~Diana

LOL. I'll do everything I can . =)

~Diana

Hi Candi.

I found the mark, but no name tied to it. It's in a few books, but it's just listed as a 20th Century. Given the other pieces I have found it on, it should date from about 1930 to 1960.

The lacke of a name isn't that uncommon. There have been hundreds of factories throughout China and very few records were actually kept. So, it's not entirely uncommon to not know the name of the factory.

It's a take off of traditional Blue Willow. It's a transferware pattern and not handpainted. You can find pieces with similar flower patterns. It's the monkey that makes yours unique.

There may not be a specific maker tied to it, but you can place a value on it based on the age, style and somewhat similar pieces.


I can do that if you'd like.

~Diana

Hi.

It don't believe it's an artist mark. Chinese artists typcially use full characters and that's not a character from the alphabet. They usually involve 2 or more characters or sets of characters.

It's most likely an inventory or some other type of factory code. Pieces often have symbols or numbers that are related to the factory.

~Diana