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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ownedbybear, post: 238754, member: 29&quot;]I live with older stuff every day. My dining table was made in about 1780. I&#039;ve been handling old stuff for decades.</p><p><br /></p><p>Walter&#039;s knowledge isn&#039;t simply good, he&#039;s an acknowledged expert in the field.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your photo is good, but that mark bears no resemblance to the one in the book, sadly. If you really want to get this validated, and care enough about it, take it to the British Museum. Or the MoL - they love looking at stuff. Or, get someone to stick a spectrometer or radiometer on it. Glaze can be dated by its radiation signature as can pottery.</p><p><br /></p><p>You also said that photos don&#039;t tell everything, and that you had it in your hand. Value My Stuff, who are, frankly, useless on anything not mass market, will also not have had the piece to hand, so I&#039;m not quite sure why you don&#039;t value the opinions here. Walter has more knowledge of Italian faience than VMS any day. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry you didn&#039;t get the answer you wanted, but as I said, if you really want to know, take it to one of those above.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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