Can anybody tell me anything about these cups and saucers?

by Pam
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These two cups and saucers were given to me by an elderly neighbour back in the 1960s when I was a child. She and her neice lived in the oldest home in our village in NZ and their little cottage was a veritable mine of beautiful antiques - brass bedheads and patchwork quilts. The cup and saucer sets have no marking, writing or stamps whatsoever on them. I estimate given the age of the ladies back then that they would be from the early 1900s. Since there are no markings - are they just the cheap china of the day? I've always wondered about this. (As you may have guessed I am very new to identifying china). They are quite fine.

Looking forward to some comments - thank you in advance :)
Pam



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Cups & Saucers
by: Blake

Dear Pam,
Without any marks the cups & saucers are going to be tough to identify to a specific maker. However, the upper most cup and saucer is from Japan circa 1930's Art Deco; the geometric handle angle and the stylized floral decoration are exact for Japan during this period.
The lower cup & saucer is most probably English. An educated guess would put the date around 1910-1930; notice how the handle is overly done to keep it from breaking. Early teacups had no handles. When handles became popular, keeping the from breaking off was a problem had by many porcelain/bone china makers in England especially during the war years when certain materials became unavailable.
As to value, try searching ebay & Google for similar teacups & saucers of the respective periods by known makers, Noritake will work for the first set, then deduct at least 25% for not being able to tell them maker.

Yours, Blake
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by: Pam

Hi Blake
Thanks for that info. Confirms my guess re age and certainly is interesting the first is Japanese. I will keep looking.

Kind regards :)

Pam

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