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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;smallaxe, post: 1957423, member: 13430&quot;]We have a child&#039;s tea set my wife&#039;s aunt had. I&#039;m trying to determine if it was something owned by a particular distant relative who lived from 1907-1919, or was just something her aunt picked up somewhere. The marks, best I can tell, could date it anywhere between 1918 and 1966... a huge range. I was hoping to narrow that down so I can understand where it fits in her family. In searching, I was also surprised how little value it likely has - cheaper than it would cost to buy a cheap new set. It has gilt painting along rims and down the center of handles. Two things I&#039;m hoping to learn - 1) can the date be narrowed down?, 2) is it transfer designs or a mix? The reason I ask the second question is because I always assumed the flowers were just transfer design, but after looking closer, the flowers that match in style (there are three styles - pink, blue, and yellow) each have slight differences. Did they make multiple instances of each design? The outlines have dots that seem more like transfer, and not like hand painting, but the solid colors don&#039;t have dots, and have more variations. I&#039;m curious and confused (which is easy to do because I know nothing about this area). The cups are very small, and the flowers tiny - the size of my pinky fingernail.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]246473[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]246474[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]246487[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]246475[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]246476[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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