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Expert: Leisha Hiester - 7/13/2010


Question

the turtle
I have a black teapot that I got from my grandmother. It is stamped on the bottom with a wreath with Made in Japan and a M G inside the wreath and note the M and G are laid on top of one another. I know Noritake used the M but I can find no reference of anyone using a G also. It has a lot of gold trim. On one side it has gold trim and one design that appears to be leaves creating an oval and a weird looking fork above a flower that has teal in it and there are dots of white from the gold trim to the flower. The other side of the handle and spout is more elaborate. It a lot more gold work with the white beads and three teal flowers and two large orange flowers. I am baffled by what this is and if you could help that would be great. Also I have a ceramic turtle. The turtle itself is normal but the middle of it's back there is an obelisk that you can lift and remove so there is a whole in his back. He has k. 736 Italy hand written on his bottom and stamped inside he has 5T and what could best described as a 4 a sideways t and a C. Please help

Answer
Dear Alisa,

What an interesting turtle! I'm not an antiques expert, but here are some sources that may be able to help you;

http://www.mygrannysatticantiques.com/index.html

http://marksfinder.com

http://www.kovels.com

Hope this helps.

Leisha  

Leisha Hiester

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