Help with identification please

[marko66]

trying to find out any information on this for my mother. It belonged to my great great grandfather who brought back from his trips with the merchant navy. (apparently)


Thank you very much for any help.

[mart]

Very pretty !! Oh and welcome to the forum !! We have some members that could possibly ID the writing but,,I am not one of them !! Give it a day or two !!

[marko66]

Thank you very much... I do hope so, I have spent days trying to find out to no avail.

[Mat]

Hi, this is Japanese Kutani porcelain from the Meiji period (1868-1912) and of nice quality. Tomorrow I hope I will have more time to look for the maker.
Mat

[marko66]

WoooooooW!!!!! Thats awesome!! Thank you ever soooo much… its been making my head hurt looking at things on the net for days lol 

[frogpatch]

Mat, it is so great to have you on this forum. Despite being in the business of selling old anything for 40 years, the Asian artifacts have always bewildered me.
 

[mart]

Mat, it is so great to have you on this forum. Despite being in the business of selling old anything for 40 years, the Asian artifacts have always bewildered me.
 

And make me feel like a total dummy at times !! Best I can do is tell old from new !! How old,,no clue !!

[Mat]

Hi again, the mark reads " Dai Nippon Kutani Sekizan Sei" which means " Great Japan, Kutani, Sekisan made it". The "Dai Nippon" marking is typical for the Meiji period. About the maker I could not find any information, but there are many good makers about which we know nothing...
frogpatch and mart, you are right, asian items are very confusing, I just try to help whenever I know at least something! 
Mat

[mart]

We appreciate that you take the time to help !! Sometimes we are at a loss !!

[KC]

Definitely!  Thank you Mat!

[marko66]

Mat You are a MEGA STAR!!! Thank you so so so much....

I will have a couple more items to post on here after I have tried to ID them myself...
Had great success with my 1st item and thought I would fly through the rest.... lol 

 

[mart]

We are here if you need us !!