When Tea's A Crowd

Japanese Blue & White Art Deco

 

Here is a part tea cup service of 7 tea cups and saucers for your fine tea party with friends. Included is a bonus 4 saucers, which may be perfect for bon bons or wedges of lemon or perhaps to set your creamer upon.

The fine quality expected of old Japanese porcelains, the original creators of porcelain, is evident here in these beautiful Art Deco forms. Sleek clean lines and colours of the 1950s do not compromise their translucency in direct light. This set makes a splendid table setting for that perfect tea party.

Maker ………. Unknown
Year …………. ?1950s - MCM (Mid Century Modern)
Origin ………. Japan
Mark ……….. Back-stamp: Horseshoe & Clover
Item ………… Tea Cups & Saucers
Style ……….. Art Deco, linear trumpet body, footless, angular handles, edged pin stripes, blue & white.
Size & Condition:
CUPS ………….. to come: H: cm, D: cm, Handle to handle: cm.
Very good condition with a little wear to pin striping, no cracks, nicks, chips or repairs that I can see.
SAUCERS …….. H: cm, D: cm,
Very good condition with a little wear to pin striping, no cracks, nicks, chips or repairs that I can see.

More Info:

A back-stamp of horseshoe and clover is possibly a generic mark used by one of the numerous porcelain factories which set up in Japan during its recovery post World War II. I have been unable to determine from which factory they were produced but simply admired their fine quality.

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This set is from my own personal collection of fine porcelains and have dearly enjoyed using them but it is now time to allow another admirer a little time to relish their quality and beauty.