Featured eggshell kutani? bowl marks

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  1. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    hi folks

    i picked up this quite nice eggshell porcelain bowl last week in a chazza, amazingly damage free, given how delicate it is
    i'm sure if i remember right the cross in a square is the mark for kutani, but not sure about the rest
    i'm guessing meiji period but could be a bit later

    any thought or info appreciated

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  2. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    Charlie-That's a gorgeous piece-would you say entirely hand painted,or transfer augmented w/ hand painting ?
    PS-Looks like you've got a nice deck mate (& sun ?).
     
  3. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    think its all hand painted buddy, maybe a bit of air brushing to the centre of the bowl for the moon

    gawd knows how it remained undamaged being sent to a thrift
     
  4. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    You've could've copped it for a penny but the real miracle would've been surviving the ham-handed tossers in the back room !
     
  5. kentworld

    kentworld Well-Known Member

    I love the interior! Early 20th c, I think.
     
  6. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    I agree, early 20th century Taisho period
    I think the mark simply reads "Kutani made."
    And a beautiful example!
    Great job Charlie!
    Mikey
     
  7. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    awsome thanks mikey !
     
  8. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    I can see why they call it 'Eggshell Kutani'.
     
  9. Chinoiserie

    Chinoiserie Well-Known Member

    I think a lot of the breakages come from things being dumped in bin bags outside. Lovely bowl. I bought a full kutani tea set a while ago and I've never managed to sell it as it's local pick up only. I know if I posted it, it would be destroyed.
     
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  10. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    found this 4 piece set as well last week, not antique but quite nicely made, only just found out they are lithopane or something, they have like a geisha portrait (not shown) in the centre of the cups

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  11. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    liddle tip, get you booze sent by amazon prime, all gets sent in double thickness nice quality boxes, a kind of win win

    got loads of the buggers ;):woot:
     
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  12. Chinoiserie

    Chinoiserie Well-Known Member

    Ha ha. There used to be a tenant at work who got those three bottle boxes. They can be used for most plates and all sorts. I raid the bin room for boxes regularly. Have you come across the inflatable columns? They are bullet proof and I'm tempted to buy a shed load.

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/36291880...FxmIHRkgd5d77fLSDdwXjeyNp3EloVsIaAn-0EALw_wcB
     
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  13. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    yeah thats the ones !, single bottle ones as well, also the 12 pack henry westerns for £18 and a hellava good box

    can't do cider anymore though, especially them lot being 8.2 percent :hungover:

    those tube packing look well worth a try ;)
     
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  14. Chinoiserie

    Chinoiserie Well-Known Member

    I've never bought a roll of the stuff so I don't know what it's like to inflate. I've found a few of them for bottles though and they are great for vases. Think I'll buy a roll and see how it goes.
     
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  15. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    One thing we couldn't find in the UK was true high-octane 'Scrumpy'.The cider was excellent-tastes like true apple juice over there.
     
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  16. Chinoiserie

    Chinoiserie Well-Known Member

    It can be found, but not really on tap. In a bar I frequent in the city centre they store it in a fridge in the back room in 5L containers. It is flat as a witches nipple and has the odd thing floating about. Not sure what percentage it is because it is still fermenting in the glass. I've known three pints to fell people. Not my tipple fortunately.
     
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  17. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    we get a certain type here, can get it in our local store in a ceramic jar. i've always found the devon type a bit pissy smelling though, with loads of sediment at the bottom

    wouldn't recommend ;)

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  18. Chinoiserie

    Chinoiserie Well-Known Member

    Sounds genuine enough. The stuff I know is decanted from this type of bottle

    https://www.killis.co.uk/Products/002100500007/5LTR-B
     
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  19. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    Thanks gents-I was wondering if true Scrumpy was alcohol-wise more like US hillbilly pot still moonshine (40% to 80% ABV depending on how it's produced).
     
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  20. lvetterli

    lvetterli Well-Known Member

    I must pitch in my 2 cents. When on my birthday trip in 2018, we stayed at a farm in Normandy. Our first night there the proprietress welcomed us with 2 bottles of cider, pressed from the apples grown on the farm. I have never tasted such heaven before or since. Tiny bits of sweet apple floating in it and I will tell you it had a slow but unmistakable kick! I'd give a bundle for a bottle today!

    Linda

    (Somehow I think I've shared at least a part of this story here before? If so, my apologies!)
     
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