Japanese Chocolate Pot.
by Deborah
(Montana USA)
Japanese Kutani Chocolate Pot Perhaps
I know it is not worth a lot of money. One can find a lot of these. I paid $65.00 at an Estate Sale. But it is odd the mark on the bottom of each piece.
It looks like a stamped mark, but not all stamps are exacally alike. Some lines are wider, longer or shorter.
I was told a couple of different things, which makes me wonder even more, the history behind this pot.
I can find nothing like the mark, but the piece of workmanship looks like Kutani.
It is very thin porcelain. When you hold it up to the light you can see thru it. It has raised dots on the outside. Even though the mark on each piece in this picture looks like a dark blue, it is actually a light blue.
Someone told me it was dated approx 1930's and someone else said late 19th century. So while this is not unique, it is just a strange thing that no one seems to know anything about it other than it is Japanese.