Interpreter help
Mar 2, 2024 09:47:53 #
BebuLamar wrote:
I does appear to be Japanese rather than Chinese but I don't know either language
Thanks.
Mar 2, 2024 09:49:15 #
Burtzy wrote:
Oh thank you Jerry. That's sooo much more useful. Now, if only someone could read and translate the characters. 
Mar 2, 2024 09:55:03 #
Here are more photos of the tea pot.
Mar 2, 2024 10:01:22 #
Longshadow wrote:
This is "Japan" in Japanese: 日本 according to Google Translate.
This is "Japan" in Japanese: 日本 according to Google Translate.
Can 'Google Translate' translate what's on the pot? I don't know how that works.
Mar 2, 2024 10:14:29 #
RainierView wrote:
Can 'Google Translate' translate what's on the pot? I don't know how that works.
Unfortunately I don't think it will translate from a photo, only text.
I don't know if there is something that will translate (read) an image or not.
Mar 2, 2024 10:27:41 #
I found this listing on Ebay. Your pot does look identical to the one on Ebay.
https://www.cafr.ebay.ca/itm/125689458202
https://www.cafr.ebay.ca/itm/125689458202
Mar 2, 2024 10:29:27 #
Burtzy wrote:
Oh thank you Jerry. That's sooo much more useful. Now, if only someone could read and translate the characters.
With it right-side up, I almost figured it out, but I'll wait for someone who knows for sure.
Mar 2, 2024 10:43:29 #
Longshadow wrote:
Unfortunately I don't think it will translate from a photo, only text.
I don't know if there is something that will translate (read) an image or not.
I don't know if there is something that will translate (read) an image or not.
Update, Google translate will translate from an image, but it appears that the text has to be crisp.
Blurry does not work.
Mar 2, 2024 10:45:31 #
Mar 2, 2024 10:49:22 #
BebuLamar wrote:
You gave me the idea and none of the words means Japan.
I should have put a 🤪 after my response.
Mar 2, 2024 10:51:51 #
alberio wrote:
I should have put a 🤪 after my response.
If the pot is genuine it was made in the 19th century and early 20th century (1911 at the latest) and I don't think they put the made in on products at that time. So if it said made in Japan then it's not real. I knew you were joking but you gave me the idea to further investigate.
Mar 2, 2024 11:19:27 #
BebuLamar wrote:
If the pot is genuine it was made in the 19th century and early 20th century (1911 at the latest) and I don't think they put the made in on products at that time. So if it said made in Japan then it's not real. I knew you were joking but you gave me the idea to further investigate.
I've heard that items marked "Made in Occupied Japan" can be valuable.
"There are many fakes out their now..." (Notice the "their." The author is Swedish.)
https://gotheborg.com/qa/oj.shtml
Mar 2, 2024 11:27:35 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I've heard that items marked "Made in Occupied Japan" can be valuable.
"There are many fakes out their now..." (Notice the "their." The author is Swedish.)
https://gotheborg.com/qa/oj.shtml
"There are many fakes out their now..." (Notice the "their." The author is Swedish.)
https://gotheborg.com/qa/oj.shtml
Yes but stuff "Made In Occupied Japan" were made after 1945. The OP pot if genuine would be made before 1911 and likely in the 1800's.
Mar 2, 2024 11:48:23 #
BebuLamar wrote:
I found this listing on Ebay. Your pot does look identical to the one on Ebay.
https://www.cafr.ebay.ca/itm/125689458202
https://www.cafr.ebay.ca/itm/125689458202
It looks like you have a very nice tea pot that is worth around 200.00.
Mar 2, 2024 12:32:55 #
RainierView wrote:
I hope someone out there can interpret what is on the bottom of this Japanese teapot. Some copies came from China. We'd like to know if this is real or not.
I don't know if this is upside-down or right-side up.
I don't know if this is upside-down or right-side up.
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