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Message:: [QUOTE="Elizabeth Baird, post: 9595512, member: 83911"]Hi everyone This must be at least 50 years old as I used to look at it in my grandmother’s china cabinet when I was aged four. My grandfather bought it home to my grandmother one day after work. He was a stevedore at the Dunedin (New Zealand) wharf and they used to pilfer like crazy back in those days. Although he never told my grandmother where he got it from, she always suspected that he stole it. For that reason, and because it featured dragons (she was a strict Jehovah’s Witness), she never liked it. I was offered it by my aunt when my grandmother died in 1993. It was in my china cabinet for a few years, but I have mostly kept it in storage. I have another fancy tea-set that I love, so I have never used it. I know that my grandmother never used it either. Can anyone tell me anything about it? Would have been made in Japan? Was it cheap china at the time? Is it bone china or porcelain? How would it have been made, and on what scale? Would the relief dragons have been hand painted? If so, in a factory or by people working from home? It looks like it has two minuscule chips on the teapot, or are they imperfections? How much would it be worth if I wanted to sell it (undecided)? Thank you in advance for answering my questions. Elizabeth x[ATTACH=full]464970[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]464971[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]464972[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]464973[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]