Chinese speakers - Help!

Russinating · 29 Dec 2013 at 17:33

Found a vase in a Chinese supermarket's homeware area that we really like but we wanted to check it wasn't cheap tat.

The vase in question (credit card for size):

I Google image searched the stamp and found this along with a few other pages but haven't been able to find what the stamp means, who makes it, what it's really worth etc.

Can anyone who speaks Chinese work out what the stamp says or shed any light? Thanks in advance

vanandjuanunited · 29 Dec 2013 at 17:38

It says made in the uk

Tefal · 29 Dec 2013 at 17:40

it's cheap tat, like pretty much all pottery...

plus it's fro ma supermarket, it's hardly going to be some great antique is it.

if you like it buy it if not don't. Do you go round asda looking up the makers marks on the plates?

Jimbeam3678 · 29 Dec 2013 at 17:43

Not sure if the above replies are serious , but I've asked the wife and she said its an old fashioned style Mandarin. She's on the phone at the moment to Taiwan so if you still need help let me know and she'll translate for you.

ElliorR · 29 Dec 2013 at 17:44

It's from the Carrington Dynasty.

Zack101 · 29 Dec 2013 at 17:47

Well the wife, who is Chinese says it's an old style but she can't make any sense of it.

d_brennen · 29 Dec 2013 at 17:49

It says "Made in Birmingham"

Efour · 29 Dec 2013 at 17:51

lol seriously ? looooooooooooool

Gary* · 29 Dec 2013 at 17:53

divaboy said:
She's on the phone at the moment to Taiwan so if you still need help let me know and she'll translate for you.

LOL

Jimbeam3678 · 29 Dec 2013 at 17:58

Gary* said:
LOL

Have I missed something funny :confused:

Derek W · 29 Dec 2013 at 18:05

divaboy said:
Have I missed something funny

'Made in Taiwan' is probably what you're missing. She's on the phone to the factory where the vase was made

Spook187 · 29 Dec 2013 at 18:08

chongs takeaway it reads to me.

Raymond Lin · 29 Dec 2013 at 18:12

If you like it then does it matter if it's cheap tat?

Unless you plan to be on the antique roadshow next week?

Edward78 · 29 Dec 2013 at 18:12

Skip to 1:04 for the funny stuff.

ShakenNstirred · 29 Dec 2013 at 18:15

if its sitting in a shop like that then its cheap tat
its not going to be anything valuable.
if you like it what's it matter if it just cheap

MisChief · 29 Dec 2013 at 18:17

Looks like a very poor knock off

Probably worth 1/10th of what you pay for. Stuff like this costs peanuts to make in China.

Russinating · 29 Dec 2013 at 18:31

Just to clarify, I'm not asking if it's worth a fortune

. It's £55 (reduced from £280, however valid that is) which is absolutely fine for a nicely made pot of its size, but we asked the lady working there who said it was from China and just reduced as they were getting rid of all their blue pots (there were quite a few of them).

I used to live in Asia and we both visited last year and we'd have loved to bring something like this back but it's just too difficult/expensive! If it was super cheap I'd have expected it to not have a stamp at all so was curious more than anything to find out what this one said.

Might have to pop back tomorrow and spend some crimbo money!

Also it's not actually at a Chinese supermarket but a ceramics shop above a massive wholesale place.

Tefal · 29 Dec 2013 at 18:45

oh course it;s from china, asdas vases are from china too.

Gary* · 29 Dec 2013 at 19:16

Gary* said:
LOL

divaboy said:
Have I missed something funny

divaboy said:
She's on the phone at the moment to Taiwan so if you still need help let me know and she'll translate for you.

Russinating · 29 Dec 2013 at 20:42

Tefal said:
oh course it;s from china, asdas vases are from china too.

Yeah except ones from Asda don't have a stamp on the bottom in Chinese :rolleyes:

Don't worry about it, don't know what I expected from GD! Though does make me laugh that despite the title nobody that's replied speaks Chinese.