A small piece of paper is attached to the black laquer bottom plate that says:  "Yaegakihime"  This doll portrays a princess in the old "Smurai" days.  She is seen handing a helmet to her husband who is about to leave for the battlefront.

There are a set of numbers on the inside of the guitar. They are as fallows:    0-17T 87678

I would like to know the value of this instrament. If the price is right, I might consider selling it.

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I have only 5 of the plates and saucers. They are all in really good condition with only one saucer with a tiny chip. I am very interested in the value of these plates & knowing some history on when they were made as I have searched for this design online & have never seen this design anywhere else.

 A pair of white staffordshire dogs with attractive painted faces and gilding.

Small holes in bases and on backs. One has cracking, mostly up the back, both have some crazing.

Web reasearch suggests they may be genuine as they feature a seam, are not mirror images, have subtle colouration, no manufacturer's mark, and no chalky feel, and appear to be made of clay not porcelain.

These have been used as a display item for some time now as the leather fairly solid formed.  Inside of boots have very good markings.  The trees in the boots have no pivots and simply notch together.  I have not found much information on the boots and these are the only pair I have ever found that look like this.  From what I can find they are somewhere between 1850 and 1900.