Message #46095

[Fiveroosters aka clayandbrush]

Dear Luke,
thank you for the detailed images. I said that the roosters too, if not matter of images, did look stamped. Now I see that they are hand painted, it was the even wear that give the bad appearance.
Instead, there is no doubt that the mark is stamped. They did start to use stamped marks on porcelain in the second half of the 19th century, about 1875. It is very easy to see that it is stamped, look in particular where the stokes are crossing. You will see that the crossing point is somehow blurred, you don’t see the superposing strokes.
Kind regards
Giovanni