This is a Japanese porcelain, hand painted set with a water, sailboat and nature design. This is a complete set (minus one cup) and all the pieces have a matching pattern along the saucer and cup edges and also on the chocolate pot and lid. The border is hand decorated with a gold leaf scroll design. The lid has a cutout with a small piece that is missing. All the descriptions say that the cutout is for stirring the cocoa and that this distinguishing feature differentiates it from a coffee or tea pot. Without the cutout it's not a cocoa pot. The lid has a "cartouche" handle and the pot has a fancy applied handle. The cups have applied elongated loop handles. The saucers are scallop edged, 4 3/4" diameter and the delicate cups are ribbed with tapered cylindrical, scalloped edges at top and bottom, 3" tall. The set consists of the tall chocolate pot, 5 cups and 6 saucers.
Description
Category
Ceramics and Porcelains
Medium
fine china, possibly porcelain
Distinguishing marks
asian mark with two figures
Condition
Good
Size and dimensions of this item
saucers-4 3/4 in. diameter, cups- 3in. tall, pot- 10 in.
Date Period
early 1900's
Weight
don't know
History
My grandmothers set. Maybe great grandmothers.
eBay Auction Link
Price Paid (If known)
not known
For Sale?
No
Re: chocolate set
If you could provide some images of the mark I would be happy to take a look. There were reproductions of these sets coming out of China not long ago, hence the need to see the mark.
Lovejoy