Hello all, I am a graduate student at Stanford University currently working with artifacts from the excavation of a 19th century overseas Chinatown from San Jose California. In this collection there are several porcelain bowls and plates that have Chinese characters pecked into their surfaces, presumably by the people who owned the pieces. I have not been able to locate any literature on these sorts of markings. Is there anyone who has either studied overseas Chinese peck marked vessels or knows of any reports done on the topic that would be willing to give me some direction with my study? Thank you, Gina Michaels [log in to unmask]