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unknown marks to Japanese silver jug base
Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 6:20 am
by themarks
These marks are present on a jug I have. I hold no knowledge on Japanese writing - please help.
Many thanks.
Re: unknown marks to Japanese silver jug base
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 10:34 am
by NYCyokel
Hello, the upper two Japanese character mean JUNGIN (pure silver), which normally is 950 and above. The lower two is the maker's mark. How this is helpful.
Re: unknown marks to Japanese silver jug base
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 12:02 pm
by pygoldfish
the upper two Japanese character mean JUNGIN (pure silver), which normally is 950 and above. The lower two is the maker's mark. How this is helpful.
two japanese character(纯银）mean sterling. the other two character(三越）is the distributors(TYO）
Re: unknown marks to Japanese silver jug base
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 5:37 pm
by davidross
The bottom two marks 三越 are the retailer, the famous Japanese department store Mistukoshi, founded in 1673 and the core company of the Mitsui group.
These are twentieth century marks.
DR