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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 2929744, member: 2844&quot;][USER=17154]@Ray Matthews[/USER] , I am sorry for what happened yesterday. I had no idea my simple post about the authenticity of your Meiji era tea brewing pot would lead to such an odd reaction.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, back to your beautitul &#039;yokode kyusu&#039;.</p><p>As I said before, and at the risk of another nasty episode, I have no reason to believe the teapot isn&#039;t antique. I still don&#039;t know the maker, but I do know official Japanese assay marks were introduced in june 1928. That places the manufacture of your teapot before that date, since it doesn&#039;t have any assay marks.</p><p>In my opinion it was made well before 1928, as this is a known Meiji style and the Meiji era ended in 1912.</p><p>Unfortunately my computer refused to upload photos yesterday, and I knew that without proof any statement about hallmarking would have been doubted, in spite of the fact that the claim that it was a modern piece was never substantiated.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today my computer was more complying,<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> so below are photos from the English translation of the Tardy book on silver, generally respected. I checked it against an older French edition, and a German book on silver marks.</p><p>I hope these photos will help confirm that it is indeed an antique piece, despite a claim to the contrary.</p><p>I have found no record of these pieces being reproduced, and doubt it would be profitable, considering Japan&#039;s high wages.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]286766[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]286767[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]286768[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]286769[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And here is another Meiji Era dragon themed teapot, with verified marks:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.startpage.com/av/proxy-image?piurl=https%3A%2F%2Fdyn1.heritagestatic.com%2Flf%3Fset%3Dpath%255B2%252F1%252F9%252F6%252F1%252F21961773%255D%26call%3Durl%255Bfile%253Aproduct.chain%255D&amp;sp=1603966997Td9c408c0d81244063a8720c0306b9739e8451d60f0e47acec682f645095dc92c" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://fineart.ha.com/itm/silver-and-vertu/a-nomura-hammered-and-repousse-silver-dragon-teapot-with-cover-nagahama-japan-meiji-period-early-20th-century-marks-/a/13153-27044.s" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://fineart.ha.com/itm/silver-and-vertu/a-nomura-hammered-and-repousse-silver-dragon-teapot-with-cover-nagahama-japan-meiji-period-early-20th-century-marks-/a/13153-27044.s" rel="nofollow">https://fineart.ha.com/itm/silver-and-vertu/a-nomura-hammered-and-repousse-silver-dragon-teapot-with-cover-nagahama-japan-meiji-period-early-20th-century-marks-/a/13153-27044.s</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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