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suefromoz Posts: 58 Registered: May 2002	posted 07-30-2002 11:27 AM I have a dear little silver tea caddy which has an Oriental/Chinese stamp on the base. Has anyone seen this before and can they tell me anything about it please. I believe it is fairly old but that is all I really know. It measures 3" high and weighs 81.8 gms. Thank you! IP: Logged
Stephen Posts: 625 Registered: Jan 2003	posted 01-22-2003 09:53 PM Are you certain that this is silver? Have you tested it or had it tested? IP: Logged
suefromoz Posts: 58 Registered: May 2002	posted 01-23-2003 01:56 AM yes, it has been tested as silver now and I still don't know anything about it! Getting kind of fond of it.... IP: Logged
ozfred Posts: 87 Registered: Sep 2002	posted 01-23-2003 03:31 AM Dear suefromoz, A similar mark is on a small enamelled lidded container, 33.2g, 35x30mm. The difference being three dots are under the first character, these are not shown in your example. Do not know maker, date or place from whence it came, though. Regards, Ozfred. IP: Logged
Stephen Posts: 625 Registered: Jan 2003	posted 01-25-2003 02:27 AM It looks like the mark pictured could be "sanwen" which is used as a Chinese name or surname. I guess that would narrow it down to a few billion people! Anyone here fluent in Chinese? IP: Logged
Bob and Carol Carnighan Posts: 63 Registered: Apr 99	posted 01-26-2003 09:31 PM Our Chinese silver collecting neighbor tells me: This character does not have any meaning with respect to silver such as grade. There is no Chinese family name corresponding to this character; it is not a maker's name or signature. Standing alone the character means a traceable line pattern. It is used in combination with other characters to describe linear patterns such as wood grain, facial wrinkle or skin on a tiger or zebra. IP: Logged
Stephen Posts: 625 Registered: Jan 2003	posted 01-27-2003 08:46 AM Hmmm, does this mean it is a "pseudo-Chinese hallmark"? [This message has been edited by Stephen (edited 02-13-2003).] IP: Logged
Bob and Carol Carnighan Posts: 63 Registered: Apr 99	posted 01-27-2003 10:12 AM Our neighbor replies: It is not a pseudo character. It is written in a style characteristic of the early twentieth century. It is pronounced like the English word when. [This message has been edited by Bob and Carol Carnighan (edited 01-27-2003).] IP: Logged
Stephen Posts: 625 Registered: Jan 2003	posted 01-27-2003 02:48 PM Sorry to confuse things. I thought there were two characters and what looks like three horizontal lines on the left could be a "san", thus "sanwen". IP: Logged

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