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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;linda gerwinat, post: 238271, member: 4660&quot;]Hi, So it worked, so here goes again....Thanks for all the interest and input.The Chaffers mark is in Chaffers marks and monograms...an impressed mark which he attributes to the 16th century. My main interest is in early unmarked pieces, and and I knew that this pot did not belong to the sixteenth century, so I got advice as above.The whole feel, texture wear of the vase indicated that it was from around the 1800&#039;s, the stylised painting, which was influenced by the chinese painting of the period, loosely painted...it could never, never be compared with 1950&#039;s Faenza, it is not comparable in any way, either feel, style of decoration, or body. I know that photos are only part of the story, but if you could see it you would know that it is an old piece. Having been a dealer for several years before I retired, I met many dealers who had no feel for ceramics, and realised then that an interest in antiques is not the same as having a feel for the items . I think we will have to agree to differ on this one....I wholly concur with the appraisal that I was given....and have to say that it is completely beyond me how anyone could mistake it for a modern piece.As you say, quite rightly, there were many, many potters operating in Faenza, and the shaving bowl of your article is a high end piece.....also Yes, Chaffers did get it wrong...but he was working at a time when the world was a bigger place !![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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