posted on January 29, 2005 03:55:11 PM
Family rumor states this is some incredibly old piece but then the family historian also labeled a stick spatter cup and saucer as flow blue so thought it might be best to seek input.
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
posted on January 30, 2005 11:50:10 AM
This aint flowblue,this is chinese made in Qing dynasty,the name of the empeoror is stamped on the bottom.
But then it is probably a repro.
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posted on January 30, 2005 12:37:57 PM
sorry it is not Qing dynasty,it is MINg dynasty.
Ming precedes Qing,but i bet you anything this is a repro
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posted on January 30, 2005 12:58:05 PM
Stop, that little mark below the characters is a dead give away. It looks like it says "China". That would not be there for either the Ming or qing, now would it?
posted on January 30, 2005 01:02:43 PM
Fenix, you have been showing us some nice pretties today. I just had a thought... You might ask the family history buff which of the relatives served in WWII and Korea.
You might find out that these were brought home as gifts when the soldiers came home.
posted on January 30, 2005 03:08:44 PM
Stop - LT is right - it does say China underneath the charachters.
LT - This stuff is from my steps family and on his side, no one served. The Family Historian title is kind of a joke. This is a woman that gets nothing right.
* Stick Spatter labeled as Flow Blue
* Priceless Family Heirloom China = recent purchase - 34 piece setting sold on ebay last week for all of $30.
* Beautiful antique bone china cup and saucer.... must have come from garage sale because they don't match... in pattern, colors, or maker.
* "Hand Painted" transferware
* This lovely, again Boxer Rebellion era, hunk o brass.
I swear, this woman reads a newspaper article and tries to find something in her house that relates to it. God forbid she ever discovers Antique Road Show. The only reason I have any idea of age on the large Japanese set is that the step clearly remembers it displayed in a house they moved out of when he was in second grade.
At least with my family it is a little easier to figure stuff out. Each woman collected a different type of glass (mostly Imperial since they all lived in or visited Bellaire Ohio) and lord knows that Candlewick is easy to recognize (Just found 4 more boxes to unpack and inventory). The most interesting thing though has been the Lennox Holiday China. Since we have been adding to the collection for three generations you can see subtle changes in the patterns thru the years. Makes replacing a missing piece from a different era a pain though.
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
