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Message:: [QUOTE="charley, post: 25325393, member: 5372"]If you are referring to the 1896, no it most likely confirms the opposite, in that it was intended as a gift. As to the 1884, it must be recognized that "chop marks" were used by Korean Merchants, Philippines Merchants, and most Cochinchina  Merchants, and at the time...indeed until the late 1800s, Morphosyllabic Chinese was employed, because doing it was considered as being "educated" to be able to understand Chinese, as it also depended on what "dialect" was used, since there was 7. Not all locations involved in Trade used Mandarin. It is impossible to state who/what/where/why the mark was made, and could have easily been applies in San Francisco, NY, or South Dakota. That particular mark means different things depending on use and purpose and the intended receiver. I will shut up, now.[/QUOTE]