Hello, This is a Japanese mark. The first (right) column says "Dainippon", meaning Great Japan, the right tells who made it, but I cannot read the name character. As far as I understand "Dainippon" marks were only used until the mid-20th century. I cannot tell you more about Japanese marks, I'm afraid.
Mar 29, 2011
Give up by: Kenny
Sorry Peter I never learn Mandarin Chinese, so I can't identify any marks. But to see if it fake or news items, I thing I've enough experiences for it.