Blue and white jug (ironstone?) but with Chinese mark

Hi

Could anyone help me identify what this jug/pitcher is? The ware seems v similar to an ironstone cheese dish I have but the mark at the bottom is Chinese. Could it be a staffordshire ware piece done up to look like something more exotic?

Any pointers welcome.

Thanks!

Dan

 

There…. That’s better

 

From the background color, if the display is accurate, I'd think it goes the other way. Bombay Company special maybe?

 

I think it may be what has been sold as Victoria Ware etc that was trying to pass as English. It's a bit refreshing to see it marked like yours.

One similar to yours with a Victoria Ware mark. (printing error on the jug)

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/victoria-ironstone-transfer-ware-jug-168322148

Info on the Victoria Ware mark
https://www.thepotteries.org/fake/index.htm

 

IMHO it may be a not very old decorative import piece. The sort of stuff sold in TJ/TK Maxx.

 

I’m with @say_it_slowly .

 

The mark says Da Qing Qianlong, but is missing its typical Nian Zhi (basically it has four characters as opposed to its regular six). Here's some relevant information on that kind of mark from a helpful cite.

(https://gotheborg.com/marks/20thcenturychina.shtml)

 

Thank you to all who have replied with their insights. So it seems likely this is a Chinese or Hong Kong reproduction from the 1970s to the 1990s?

I also have a cheese dish with similar cobalt design and similar blueish hue marked Ironstone below a lion and unicorn insignia and I suppose that originates from China too…

 

They’re still made. Usually mainland China rather than Hong Kong. And yes, your other one sounds the same.