# Help me ID this pottery maker logo, please! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 8, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-pottery-maker-logo-please/627570 "2012-07-08T01:37:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-pottery-maker-logo-please/627570/1 "2012-07-08T01:37:34Z")
Hi, all. I picked up this awesome bowl at a garage sale, but I can’t find out a darn thing about it. Here’s the maker’s mark: [http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/3446/img0132cf.jpg](http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/3446/img0132cf.jpg) And here’s top of it: [http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3477/img0133gc.jpg](http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3477/img0133gc.jpg) Anybody have ANY idea about a maker, or even what it says? I’m thinking it’s Chinese, but I don’t read/speak anything other than Hello and Thank You. Thanks for any help. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-pottery-maker-logo-please/627570/2 "2012-07-08T04:10:54Z")
I don’t know, but it’s a beautiful piece. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-pottery-maker-logo-please/627570/3 "2012-07-08T04:29:34Z")
If you have a few hours to kill, here’s a [link to pottery markings from all over the world.](http://www.oldandsold.com/pottery/usa1.shtml) It’s a very nice piece! ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-pottery-maker-logo-please/627570/4 "2012-07-08T12:53:24Z")
I thought it was really nice, too. Something about it. It’s not fancy, and was probably done in the 1990s or something, but it just struck me as a really cool looking dish. The pics don’t do it justice. The nearest I could figure out it that the trident on top of the symbol is ZHI. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-pottery-maker-logo-please/627570/5 "2012-07-08T13:28:46Z")
Speaking as an ignorant westerner, the symbol looks like it represents the Great Wall of China. ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-pottery-maker-logo-please/627570/6 "2012-07-08T18:20:29Z")
Ok, I found a plate just like it. It’s apparently Japanese, and the picture on the front is mini cherry blossoms. Still unsure about a maker, though. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-pottery-maker-logo-please/627570/7 "2012-07-09T02:46:28Z")
[Another similar plate.](http://www.utsuwa.ca/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=26&products_id=146)