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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;blooey, post: 986658, member: 12007&quot;]This is a Chinese worker&#039;s bowl, mass produced and sold at the docks in Canton so probably brought over with an immigrant ..they were sold to departing emigres as part of their &quot;Gum San&quot; kit ..most workers at the time in railway or mining camps had their own bowls and cutlery and used what I call &quot;chip marks&quot; to identify their pieces in the camps. Most of the bowls I&#039;ve handled of this type were plain and came in a celadon-y colour known as &quot;wintergreen&quot;, although I&#039;ve also run across blue and white and even Japanese saki bottles with similar owner&#039;s marks.</p><p><br /></p><p>These marks are usually translate to good fortune or wealth and are chipped into the porcelain as a series of dots using a sharp point or nail. At the side of your bowl you will see this chip mark.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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