Let's Talk About Pottery & Collectables
Pottery => Oriental => Topic started by: nicole on December 12, 2014, 09:48:08 PM
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Hi there, I searched everywhere for this maker "Shafforr" hand painted in Japan then I found this picture from another poster on your site that says "Shafford" and it is exactly the same except for the 'r' instead of the 'd'. Is that a fake? If so, it is funny, because it is not really that valuable right? Why would there be a fake of it?
I thought maybe it was a stamping error, but it is stamped that way on all three pieces.
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Having a lot of trouble posting a picture!!
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Hello, don't think it;s a fake from what I can find these were produced in the early 20th century and are quite common. Japan hand painted numerous pieces with English script in all shapes and forms, ;D ;D
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Thanks for your reply :) Oh, so the text in the maker's mark is hand painted. If it were new staff doing all three pieces, that would explain the repeated error. That makes me smile.
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That and the language / alphabet difference too, Nicole. Welcome to the board as well. :)