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Subject: Please can anyone help me identify the makers mark
Posted By: Robert Mon, Aug 07, 2017 IP: 84.84.79.164

Please can anyone help me identify the makers mark and age from this Teapot







Subject:Re: Please can anyone help me identify the makers mark
Posted By: Bill H Tue, Aug 08, 2017

Based on what I found online, you apparently have a Republic-era Chinese basket-handle water pot or kettle, probably is made of pewter, which the Chinese website simply refers to as "tin" (锡 - xi), the primary metal in the pewter alloy I believe.

Your markings are in three parts: one consisting of two-characters, 萬合, (Wan he - "perfectly agreeable");, the next being four characters, 馬貴記造 (Ma Gui Ji Zao - "Made under the Registered Mark of Ma Gui"); and the third possibly 申江浦家 (Shen jiang pu(?) jia - "House on the Shen river bank" (but unsure of the "pu' character, and this part did not appear on the item seen online).

"Ma Gui" is presumed to be a surname and given name. Otherwise, "Ma" has a root meaning of "horse" and "Gui" is "honorable".

The link shows the other kettle found online at a Chinese language website. Perhaps your browser includes a translation capability

Best regards,

Bill H.


URL Title :Ma Gui Pewter


Subject:Re: Please can anyone help me identify the makers mark
Posted By: I. Nagy Tue, Aug 08, 2017

I agree with Bill´s interpretation on the marks.
The reading of the river is correct.Let me add
more information about it.
Shenjiang (申江)is an old county (縣) name,
derived from the river`sname, now incorporated
into Shanghai City.In medieval times the Huangpu River (黄浦江)often was called as
Shung Shen River (春申江)as Shanghai Shenpu
(申浦)。


Subject:Re: Please can anyone help me identify the makers mark
Posted By: Robert Wed, Aug 09, 2017

Thank you Bill, for the information

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