New Members joejoe Posted April 2, 2015 at 10:52 PM New Members Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 at 10:52 PM I work as a commercial diver, and found a dinner plate set with serving bowls etc whilst on a job in the sea. One if the items is marked with the text shown in the picture attached. Is it Chinese? And if so, what does it say? many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted April 4, 2015 at 08:59 AM Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 at 08:59 AM My network is slow and I can't download the photo. But it looks like "大清咸豐年（製）" (made during the years of Xianfeng （ie 1851-1861) of the Qing Dynasty of China). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members joejoe Posted April 4, 2015 at 06:37 PM Author New Members Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 at 06:37 PM Thankyou for your reply, some of the symbols look similar to that, but I dont think that is quite it. Any further ideas from anyone? I find this quite interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members joejoe Posted April 4, 2015 at 11:51 PM Author New Members Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 at 11:51 PM Having looked at Qing Dynasty markings, it would appear that these markings indicate Guangxu 1975 - 1908. Any ideas why this would be in the sea in Scotland?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted April 6, 2015 at 12:25 PM Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 at 12:25 PM Definitely not Guangxu. I agree with skylee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted April 6, 2015 at 12:31 PM Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 at 12:31 PM Just in case the OP is not yet aware, the dish should be turned about 90 degrees anti-clockwise and those Chinese characters should be read vertically first the right column then the left column. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymoose Posted April 6, 2015 at 01:08 PM Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 at 01:08 PM I agree with Skylee. By the way, you should remove the barnacles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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