This jug looked valuable - Made in Greece,embossed in 24K Gold, hand made and is in excellent condition. Any ideas what period and value applies ? Many thanks for your help !
5 bears total: Winter flower fairy, Spring flower fairy, Summer flower fairy, Autumn flower fairy and a 5th season flower fairy.
All are in mint condition. Never taken out of box other than to see what they were when I was little. Never put on shelf. All come with a metal stand or wood based stand.
The piece is approx. 8 inches tall and 4 inches wide. The acorn shaped handle to the lid is guilded in gold and the is gold guilding along the rim of the lid. The urn itself has a colorful painting of blue bamboo shoots with the bamboo leaves and some white a pink flowers. All the of paint is trimmed with gold along a band of gold along the base. On the bottom of the urn are charaters of some Asian dialect (I'm guessing Japanese) There is also a sticker that has the letters "O" to the west, "M" to the north, and "O" to the east, with "Japan" in the south.
