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<p>[QUOTE="quirkygirl, post: 31394, member: 106"]I picked these pieces up this past summer at my favorite second-hand shop. None are marked in any way that I can find, but they test as sterling (on small wines / cordials) or slightly lower than sterling (plates and spoons) or bits of both (spoon & chopstick rests) - solid, not plate.</p><p>The plates, wines (?), and bowls of the spoons are stamped with a crane and pine tree design - and the handles of the spoons seem to have a daffodil on the ends. The rests with the little built-in vase may not even be original to the others since they have no design other than the scalloped spoon rest ... and they seem more crudely made than the other pieces .</p><p><br /></p><p>None of the pieces seem to be particularly high-end ... quality-wise - all are rather thin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any guesses about where they are from? or age? Tourist pieces?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]7918[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]7919[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]7920[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]7921[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]7922[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]7923[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="quirkygirl, post: 31394, member: 106"]I picked these pieces up this past summer at my favorite second-hand shop. None are marked in any way that I can find, but they test as sterling (on small wines / cordials) or slightly lower than sterling (plates and spoons) or bits of both (spoon & chopstick rests) - solid, not plate. The plates, wines (?), and bowls of the spoons are stamped with a crane and pine tree design - and the handles of the spoons seem to have a daffodil on the ends. The rests with the little built-in vase may not even be original to the others since they have no design other than the scalloped spoon rest ... and they seem more crudely made than the other pieces . None of the pieces seem to be particularly high-end ... quality-wise - all are rather thin. Any guesses about where they are from? or age? Tourist pieces? [ATTACH=full]7918[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]7919[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]7920[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]7921[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]7922[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]7923[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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