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<p>[QUOTE="tie.dye.cat, post: 4085, member: 152"]This is from gotheborg regarding the "China" stamp: <i><font size="4">The traditional wisdom has it that between around 1890 until c. 1920 all Chinese items that were to be imported into the US was required to be marked with the word "CHINA" as the country of origin (U.S. Stamp Act of 1894). Quite some uncomplicated research i. e. searching on the Internet confirms that this was not entirely true. Some were marked and some not. It is also far from certain that the practice of marking porcelain with the word CHINA actually ended in the 1920. Some porcelain I have found in Singapore marked in such way, the dealers have been very adamant that it dated to the 1970s. From 1919 the word "CHINA" should have been replaced by the phrase "Made in China" but despite this the single word "CHINA" occurred on pieces made well in to the 1960 and 1970s especially if other markets than North America are considered.</font></i></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">I first thought sancai glaze for your bird, but I guess not as sancai glaze is only 3 colors, and yours has 4.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>I tend to think your piece is early 20th century, but hopefully someone more knowledgeable will come along.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tie.dye.cat, post: 4085, member: 152"]This is from gotheborg regarding the "China" stamp: [I][SIZE=4]The traditional wisdom has it that between around 1890 until c. 1920 all Chinese items that were to be imported into the US was required to be marked with the word "CHINA" as the country of origin (U.S. Stamp Act of 1894). Quite some uncomplicated research i. e. searching on the Internet confirms that this was not entirely true. Some were marked and some not. It is also far from certain that the practice of marking porcelain with the word CHINA actually ended in the 1920. Some porcelain I have found in Singapore marked in such way, the dealers have been very adamant that it dated to the 1970s. From 1919 the word "CHINA" should have been replaced by the phrase "Made in China" but despite this the single word "CHINA" occurred on pieces made well in to the 1960 and 1970s especially if other markets than North America are considered.[/SIZE][/I] [SIZE=4]I first thought sancai glaze for your bird, but I guess not as sancai glaze is only 3 colors, and yours has 4.[/SIZE][I][SIZE=4][/SIZE][/I] I tend to think your piece is early 20th century, but hopefully someone more knowledgeable will come along.[/QUOTE]
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