Age and provenance unknown, but factors point to considerable age. Selling as is.

Mark: Has a very interesting mark on the base and I have spent days trying to identify without success.

The condition of this pot is poor but there is something about it that suggests it is very old, and who knows how valuable, from the scratching and half-hearted attempts to restore it to its former glory (at least this brings out what appears to be silver or silver leaf used for the foliage), and number of times the handle has obviously been re-affixed with methods and in times more recent than pot itself. I don't believe the silver-plated handle was the original one, broken off at point easily seen. It is out of sync with metals used elsewhere. (All shown in photos.) A lot of people have evidently thought it worth repairing. I find the whole pot fascinating. It has green patina inside.

Size: 18cm high 22cm handle to spout