Q: The Nippon vases in the attached files were a wedding gift to my parents in 1940. What value would they have today? A: I imagine a large percentage of our readers are aware of the collecting ...

This vase was a gift to my grandmother, purchased between 1906 and 1909. It is 9½ inches tall and is marked "Nippon, Hand-Painted." I have been told that some Nippon pottery is valuable and was ...

In the 19th century, Japanese artists and craftspeople found markets in Europe and America for their delicate porcelain wares. By the century’s close, most countries had laws requiring imported items ...

Q: Is my two-handled vase decorated with panels of flowers and a bird resting on a flowering cherry-tree branch worth anything? Its blue circular mark says “Nippon.” A: Assuming your Nippon porcelain ...

Porcelain marks, written in alphabets other than the modern alphabet familiar to Americans, are always difficult to decipher. The marks on Asian, Russian and other porcelains were so confusing that ...