Silver mounted Chinese Teapot

stevechelt · Post by **stevechelt** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:25 pm

My father has a silver mounted small single cup Chinese teapot that we are trying to identify. It looks probably 19th century but hope someone on here may be able to identify the mark on the base, presumably from the silversmith or company who made the pot. Hopefully the pictures attached below will work!

Many thanks for any assistance. Steve

spammenot · Post by **spammenot** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:52 am

the mark is upside down and reads "tian bao wen yin" in 2 columns starting on the right. tian bao is probably a shop name meaning "treasure of heaven" and "wen yin" means "fine silver"

stevechelt · Post by **stevechelt** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 7:08 am

Thank you so much for that, my father also asks me to pass on his thanks!

Steve (& Douglas)