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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dgbjwc, post: 379676, member: 308&quot;]On the first item I only see the mark but no picture of the candlestick itself.&nbsp; Regardless, the mark does not look a maker&#039;s mark but rather a decorator&#039;s mark.&nbsp; Most likely for quality control or as a counter for how many pieces a particular person decorated.&nbsp; These were important because many decorators were paid by the piece.&nbsp; The second item looks like a sake bottle or bud vase.&nbsp; It&#039;s probably not worth your time to try and figure out the mark as this item will have minimum value.&nbsp; For the item with the domed piece I would look to Russia.&nbsp; Those onion domes are distinctive for that country.&nbsp; The terra cotta piece looks like the work of a studio potter.&nbsp; Those marks are very, very difficult to ID unless the potter is well known.&nbsp; It looks like it maybe should have had a lid.&nbsp; I think the mark on the Japanese pieces is meant to resemble Mt. Fuji.&nbsp; There is a sight called Gotheborg.com that can help you ID Japanese marks.&nbsp; Not sure any of these pieces have much value except maybe for the unseen candlestick and perhaps the Russian piece.&nbsp; For future posts it might be better to include the measurements for each piece and to put the pieces in separate posts.&nbsp; The folks that know Japanese may not be the same folks who can help with the Russian piece and it&#039;s a bit tricky keeping track of this many items in a single post.&nbsp; Good luck!</p><p>Don[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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