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Thanks for the explanation and pointing out the chop mark! I would say the sugar bowl is definitely Hung Kong.

The teapot is nearly identical, but there are some minor differences on the dragon. I can't believe the teapot is missing the lid!

thx bill

Thank you Trev! Are you basing this just off the "HC" mark. The "C" looked a bit odd to me. Also, why does the teapot vs sugar bowl have different marks? Any idea what the Chinese says?

thank you bill

Second mark:

Thanks...here are the images:

Here is close up pics of teapot:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UemR01 ... sp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I7IsOg ... sp=sharing

Hello, I recently acquired these two pieces. Unfortunately, the teapot is missing the lid and the handle is broken. Does anyone recognize these marks? I thought the HC (on sugar bowl) could have been Hung Chong, but his work seems to be of higher quality. I would assume these are late 1800s / early ...