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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: DANTE5 on February 24, 2018, 03:33:18 PM
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Hello everyone,
I am not having much luck identifying these items. I have 4 tea cups with 1 creamer and 1 sugar bowl. Cups measuring approximately 3" x 4 1/2" and creamer 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" with sugar bowl 6 1/2" x 4". Picked up at Goodwill, excellent antique, vintage condition. Floral design with heavy gilt with pink watteau. They are unmarked. I found similar items with focus on handles, but I can not nail down the maker. I am hoping someone can help me. I've looked at Haviland, Dresden, Sevres, Continental Porcelain, Occupied Japan to name a few. Does anyone recognize the pattern? Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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Also the gilding has the Satsuma dots which added to my confusion.
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Dante’s,
Not sure the manufacture either. The gilding is so bright, it makes me think of that “22 karat gold guaranteed” gilding. They started using that in the 1930’s and after.
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Great information Pelady...Thanks.
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There use to be a lot of Asian exports of tea sets. That might explain the dots in the pattern. Many of the factories probably weren't branded.
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Dantes,
While you were focusing on the handles, I was trying to find a pattern with a floral cartouche. The only one I have found so far (and it is not your pattern/set) is Nippon. Have you found any similar with the oval and gold guild/dots?(http://)
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Oh yes! Nippon could be a possibility, I also thought Imari, Royal Crown Derby, all Asian exporters. Thanks for leads. You too Icegold10. As mentioned a lot of the Asian exports were unmarked with a heavy gilt presence. Thanks again.
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BTW....I mentioned Royal Crown Derby (which is English) because it was often consider the Old Imari.