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What is the origin of this tray?

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 3:02 pm
by Hjulben
I´ll been told Japan, but I’m not convinced. The tray has been tested for silver, and passed, so it´s not Tibet Silver anyway.

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Re: What is the origin of this tray?

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 2:37 am
by crypticheart07
There is a possibility it is Chinese...but I'm kind of leaning towards Japan.

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The markings in Japanese read:

"聲元" --> "Koemoto" (Most likely artisan name.)

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"純銀" --> "pure silver"

Re: What is the origin of this tray?

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:26 pm
by Hjulben
Thank you for your input, guess the seller was right then

Re: What is the origin of this tray?

Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 11:24 pm
by NYCyokel
The upper mark is a Chinese ideogram. The low one looks almost the same as Japanese JUNGIN mark, but actually it is in Chinese. I will come back shortly with references.

Re: What is the origin of this tray?

Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 1:09 am
by neoneo
i believe it's Chinese.