MTK Elephant Mark on Porcelain Cup and Saucer

by Lizzi
(Portugal)

Hello, We have been schlepping a coffee set all around the world for the past 40 odd years!

Thinking about it they have been quite odd! It was given to me by my mother-in-law, we have never used it, so it's been wrapped up in a box for all that time.

I Just came across it again when sorting through loads of boxes before moving yet again. I have searched all through loads of marks and have come to the conclusion that it must be a 'made-up' mark for the masses, just hoping that someone somewhere can identify it and then perhaps I can feel justified in passing it on to someone, I can't even seem to identify the letters MTK, maybe I'm just being dense.

It appears to be hand painted and not just a transfer. I have seen genuine hand painting at the Lomonosov factory in St Petersburg, Russia before it was modernised and have great respect for all those workers. Unfortunately I now have loads of Lomonosov china as well, it was a mistake to go to the factory, where the prices were so low, mind you this was way back in the early 90's, so more schlepping I'm afraid.

Although we do use that china, well most of it anyway, and then I inherited more when my Mum passed away, didn't have the heart to get rid of it.

Gosh I didn't realise 600 words would be so hard to write. Back to the original coffee set then, it also has a coffee pot, sugar bowl and milk/creamer jug, don't know how it has managed to survive all these moves without getting chipped, must be down to the expert packaging, so that's about it, hope someone will recognise the mark or the pattern for me.

Thanks in advance

Lizzi