Q:My mother left me an 8-inch-high jardiniere she told me was in Roseville's Cherry Blossom pattern. It's brown with a tan trellis around the bottom and white floral vines around the top. The trouble is that it's not marked except with a crayoned number. Could it really have been made by Roseville? I know it's at least 60 years old.

A:You can believe your mother. Roseville Pottery introduced its Cherry Blossom pattern in 1933. Pieces were brown and tan, like yours, or green and pink. Cherry Blossom pieces were marked with only a foil label-and by now most of those labels have been lost. Some pieces, like yours, had hand-crayoned shape numbers on the bottom. An 8-inch Cherry Blossom jardiniere in excellent condition can sell for over $500.