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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 206829, member: 44&quot;]The plate is English transferware. I can&#039;t make out the backstamp. The backstamp has lettering at the edge of the roof of the tea house. The first letter may be a C, D or B followed by AMAE. I can&#039;t make out the letters after the E. Whatever that says is probably the pattern name. The maker&#039;s name is below the tea house. With that horse drawn cart pulling a canopy something and the towers and building on the front of the plate I think might be considered an Asian Minor theme like Turkey?? Following is an edited version of your pic of the backstamp. I have rotated, cropped and tried to clarify/focus the backstamp. It didn&#039;t help me in reading the writing. Also it looks like someone has written a 4 or 5 digit number across the tea house. </p><p><br /></p><p>As to the lamp - not a candleholder, wicks would stick out of those arms. It is a type of a whale oil lamp in disrepair. I can&#039;t tell if it is authentic/old or a reproduction from the picture.</p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-brass-whale-oil-lamp-17-5-tall-3-wick-holders-with-4-tools/182432953402?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&amp;_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140602152332%26meid%3D8b616a5d50ef4b70852b80588d881654%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D360447898511" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-brass-whale-oil-lamp-17-5-tall-3-wick-holders-with-4-tools/182432953402?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&amp;_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140602152332%26meid%3D8b616a5d50ef4b70852b80588d881654%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D360447898511" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-brass-whale-oil-lamp-17-5-tall-3-wick-holders-with-4-tools/182432953402?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&amp;_trkparms=aid=222007&amp;algo=SIC.MBE&amp;ao=1&amp;asc=20140602152332&amp;meid=8b616a5d50ef4b70852b80588d881654&amp;pid=100011&amp;rk=1&amp;rkt=4&amp;sd=360447898511</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]59875[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]59874[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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