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<p>[QUOTE="Bob Davis, post: 4358981, member: 44382"]I certainly won't argue the point - dating of Djokjaware is notoriously difficult without inscriptions, and your scenario is very feasible. I believe many Dutch would have visited Indonesia in the post-War years as tourists, because they grew up there and would very likely have yearned to return home, if only for a visit and to see old friends and neighbours, after the animosities had died down.</p><p>Going back to the shape and form, notwithstanding the mark, it is more typical of silverware produced in the post-War than preWar period, which is where I was coming from. Incidentally, your knowledge of the marks seems a little deeper than what is available in Pienke Kal and on the djokja.nl website, which mentions the ZN vs ZNR relationship, but doesn't discuss the time period. Do you have access to other, more detailed sources of information about Djokja marks?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bob Davis, post: 4358981, member: 44382"]I certainly won't argue the point - dating of Djokjaware is notoriously difficult without inscriptions, and your scenario is very feasible. I believe many Dutch would have visited Indonesia in the post-War years as tourists, because they grew up there and would very likely have yearned to return home, if only for a visit and to see old friends and neighbours, after the animosities had died down. Going back to the shape and form, notwithstanding the mark, it is more typical of silverware produced in the post-War than preWar period, which is where I was coming from. Incidentally, your knowledge of the marks seems a little deeper than what is available in Pienke Kal and on the djokja.nl website, which mentions the ZN vs ZNR relationship, but doesn't discuss the time period. Do you have access to other, more detailed sources of information about Djokja marks?[/QUOTE]
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