Chinese teapot, green, handpainted, hallmark on the bottom seems to have been dug out.

I got this vase about a year ago when my great aunt went into assisted living.  Since then I've been using it as a change jar.  I recently had a friend from China take a look at it, He said we need to get it appraised.  He said if it's real it's right around 240 years old from around the Ming dynasty.  The mark on the bottom is hand painted in red and the vase is in great condition, no chips or cracks.  Looking for any more info I can find.  Pattern name if any and value.  Thank You.

This belonged to my great grandmother and was just given to me by my uncle who had it in storage for many years.  We were trying to identify it but can't find any markings.  Typical story: Our relatives told us "it is very valuable" but I'm guessing it's worth $30.  My extended family is somewhat wealthy but not the most curious set.  For instance, they told me "it's from europe!"  In the off chance that this should be insured I'm interested in finding out if it has any significant value.  It's 24" high and has 5 glass arms.

These pieces of furniture was given to me by a friend who is in the miltary and was stationed over seas and couldn't take with her. Beautiful pieces of furniture I tried to compare it with some pics of china cabniets online the closest pic I found to was Drexel Hertiage manufacturer?? I have looked everywhere on the chinia cabniet and Buffet cart but can not locate manufacture. I need to sell both the cabniet and buffet cart   b/c I have no room for it but can not locate the manufacture to value the furniture. I do know that it was passed down to my friend from her grandmother who is from Italy so not sure if the furniture is from Italy or not. So I plan on selling both pcs as a set. So if someone could let me know any info on theses pcs of furniture I would be grateful even a value as a set or seperate and what would be better value to sell as set or seperate 

Thank You 

Janice

These appear to be bronze. The one sitting down has E. GR. on the bottom

i have a baby cup that i don't know if it is silver, silver plate, or sterling and i can't seem to find much information about the marks on the bottom, which are as follows:

CESONS

1:MAN.S.

SWEDEN

the cup is fairly simple in design with an engraven picture of a bear reading from a scroll.