Hello   I bought this from. charity shop ages ago and am cluless about how to list it   I'll probably put it up as an auction, but would appreciate some help with basic issues   It looks to be Chinese (or Japanese?) and is hand painted  Is it vintage?  Antique?  20th century?   Is it a tea pot or a coffee pot?    I just spent ages looking and now only know that I don't know enough to list it properly.  I would mostly appreciate help with making sure it is in the right category.     Any help much appreicated  Thank you    Marmots 😊                 ... View more

I really hope someone can help me with this, I am new to eBay and a bit concerned about how to proceed with this.     I listed a Crown Derby plate that I have had in a cuboard for years as an auction and fairly quickly received an offer for the item.  It has a few lookers so I thought I would wait to see if I got a better offer.     Then the offer was retracted.  No problem as the item is competitively priced.    Then the retractor messaged me thus;   Hi, I can see this is security coded is that your coding on it TN2, @@@ - Please let me know, also I can see its a second quality item, not a first... Also I can see it has faults which is not as described so I have retracted my bid, due to not being able to contact you after I bid on it 4 seconds after you listed it, please let me know if that is your security code anyway, thank you - regards   I was confused by this.  I don't know what a "security coding" is.  Also it is my understanding that Crown Derby seconds are marked with a line through the backstamp.     I replied that I did not understand and asked for clarification.  The messages got increasingly strange with the person threatening to call the police on me and accusing me of lying and stealing their photos from a previous auction.  Am I allowed to post their message here?  How on earth do I respond to these messages?     I told them I would ask the experts at the cermaics boards for avice and they were very sneery and accused me of lying about the board existing.     This was not the introduction to eBay selling I was hoping for but am doing my best to not get cross with this person.     I took the photos myself a few days ago and have no concerns about them calling the police and said so.   The alleged security code is TN2   Ca anyone see TN2 anywhere on my listing for the Crown Derby plate?  What on earth does this seller mean?  Should I invite them to the boards to join the conversation?   I would very much appreciate any help    Thanks    ... View more

Hi, wonder if anyone could identify this stoneware bowl I bought a few years ago  thank you ... View more

Hello everyone!   I bought a very exquisite porcelain cat figure. But there are no maker's marks on it and I don't know how old it is. It is made very skillfully with attention to detail.   The height is 11.5 cm. Length - 18 cm.   I would be grateful if you could help me identify it.   Thanks!     ... View more