Topic: Stevens and Williams 'matsu' for show.

[keith]

At 4.25 inches and a few nibbles not bad for over 120 years, reg' mark to the base.

[David E]

Mat-Su-No-Ke is one way to spell this, although there are other derivatives. Very nice and desirable piece 

[keith]

Thanks David, from my limited Japanese 'matsu' 'means' pine tree the rest, very loosely translated means 'spirit of..' although I've yet to find a link between 'ke' and 'spirit' the 'no' part being a 'linking ' word, can't think of the English term, poor grammar skills I'm afraid,

[KevinH]

Hajdamach, British Glass 1800-1914, page 304 states: "Mat-Su-No-Ke ... ... translates as "Spirit of the Pine Tree".

So yes, there is general agreement.

[keith]

According to my 'Teach yourself' Japanese the breaks and hyphens are just there to make it easy for us to read, going a bit off topic now so I'll shut up,