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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LaneAcadia, post: 379668, member: 7915&quot;]I&#039;ve spent several days trying to identify the marks on these items, but I finally have to admit defeat. (My will is strong, but my experience is greatly lacking.) All of these were thrift store finds, save for one that was inherited, so please be honest with me if they&#039;re worthless or fake. My wallet and my ego can withstand an $8 loss. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>First up, porcelain candlestick holder with gold &quot;MM&quot; or &quot;WW&quot; on the back. It looks as though part of the mark could have rubbed off, however.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]131036[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The candlestick holder itself, which I obviously haven&#039;t attempted to clean:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]131047[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Next item is a tiny, apparently hand-painted vase. I&#039;m familiar with the practice of marking Asian pottery with 2-3 columns of characters, but these look so stylized I can&#039;t tell what language they are (if they&#039;re any language at all, LOL) or if they&#039;re even right side up. This particular seal didn&#039;t rub off when I removed the price tag residue, though.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]131037[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]131038[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I found a plate, maybe earthenware, with a crude stamp that&#039;s either not well known or a poor imitation of a better company (maybe Pfaltzgraff?). I thought it looked like a tower with an onion dome, or maybe a lighthouse inside an oval with waves below it. My husband just said it looks like an ear of corn. Either way, one of my kids thinks the plate is cute and wants to keep it, so no great loss.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]131039[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131040[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And a signed bowl that appears to be terra cotta. The signature looks like &quot;Sin&quot;, but a signed Virginia Sin bowl appearing on a thrift store shelf in the Deep South seems like a bit of a stretch. (I don&#039;t even know if she signs her pieces anyway, or what it looks like if she does.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]131041[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]131042[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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