Pewter Teapot

[Britannia958]

Can anyone identify the mark on this teapot please?

[spammenot]

looks like it reads in two vertical columns, starting on the right: "Shi Dabin zhi", where Shi is the maker's surname, Dabin the given name, and zhi means manufactured by

[byron mac donald]

Hello Spammenot-

This is wonderful to have someone that can finally answer these, this is just great.

Regards: Byron

[Britannia958]

Yes Spammenot, thanks very much for the info. I recognised the 'Da' symbol from Chinese porcelain, but that just made me think that it might be badly-done pseudo marks.

Thanks again for cracking the Dabin zhi code.

Jules.