Our first jugs

So, here is our first buy from last weekends treasure hunt. It's approximately 4 inches tall and seems to be a picture of a small village with a statue and people on horseback. I have tried to search the internet for the makers mark on the base without any luck. I think it says "trunstone" but little James thinks it says "tauns tone"

 

It says Ironstone and I'm afraid it's a very very recent repro from China. I se lots of these. One of the clues is that blue tinge to the whole object. The other is the mark itself.

 

Thanks for your reply, that's our first buy and a spectacular fail but it's all fun and a great learning curve.

 

Probably most of us have been fooled by a fake, especially when we were starting out. Here is a website with with some fake marks, including one like or very similar to yours.

http://www.thepotteries.org/fake/

 

It's decorative, so unless you paid an arm and a leg, don't worry too much. I've a habit of buying all sorts to simply learn from it.

 

We paid the princely sum of £1:50. Like you said it's a learning curve and we are having some fun times find these priceless artifact !!

 

Yes, l agree that is a recent chinese copy. Better luck next time.

 

Ask yourself if the condition looks too "perfect" for something that is supposed to be old. A vintage piece would likely have signs of use and some crazing/discoloration.

 

Daft thing is, was looking at an auction preview today at a large chinese foot bath, crazed with some underglaze staining. BUT, no wear, and the mark was a fake mark so those ageing signs were false.

 

For 1.5 pounds.......I wouldn't be surprised if you could make a couple pounds on it resale. It is an attractive decorative piece after all. If I was decorating my kitchen with blue and white.....I would probably pay up to 4 pounds for it.

 

Excellent photos, and on showing all angles. Well done post.

 

That sort of yellowish tint in the glaze gives the recent ones away. Weve ALL bought this stuff at one time or the other !

 

All I can say is thank you, if we lose out we have learned a lot. Tonight we will photo the silver glazed pot and the brown pot, we also brought some pot clogs in blue, I will look at them very closely before taking images to see if I have learned anything.

 

Those are over a fiver new, so you weren't robbed.