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These twin vases have been in my family since before my Great Grandmother was born acording to her, I'm 50 so that makes them pretty old. I wish I could pin it down better but everyone that knows anything has passed. There are small gold marks on the base next to the green "M" wreath. I dust them once every year or so with a dry rag and I keep them in a cabinet.
I was wondering if anyone could tell me what they were worth, when they were made and what the gold marks on the bottom mean.
Does anyone know of a better place to sell them than eBay?
Re: pair twin hand painted Nippon vases circa 1900
"Orientalist" design popular in the late 19th-early 20th century. Each vase is painted with a North African or Middle Eastern motif of a boat sailing by a shoreline filled with buildings and palm trees, most likely on the Nile river. The prow of the boat is in the form of a face and there is a person in the boat. Each vase has gold gilt handles and fancy embossed gold trim around the openings. Sunset colors of orange, purple and gold."
http://www.circaantiquesltd.com/Pictures/Porcelain%20&%20Ceramics/DSCN5584.html
Same pattern. Good luck
Re: pair twin hand painted Nippon vases circa 1900
Based on the images and the marking your vases were made by Noritake 1911- 1921, the Nippon marking being changed to "Japan" after 1921 in most cases on Japanese porcelain. Here's a link to the companie's history and marks for you.
http://gotheborg.com/marks/noritake.shtml