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 ...

A: The above note arrived with four images - and no additional info. Thankfully, one image showed a vase bottom, and the green mark told us a lot. A laurel wreath with an M in the center encircled by ...

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 ...

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 ...

Q. Enclosed is a photograph of a hand-painted vase that stands about 8 inches tall. On the bottom is an insignia in green with the words “Hand Painted” and “Nippon.” The vase was a wedding gift to my ...