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<p>[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 9565516, member: 649"]You have a coffee set (with coffee pot), not a tea set. Coffee pots are tall, tea pots are squat.</p><p>It's a nicer than usual "courting couple" set, my guess is that it's likely made in the early-to-mid-20th century.</p><p>Value is rather low due to tea and coffee sets (and vintage fine dinnerware china in general) not being particularly desired items. People want the convenience of "dishwasher safe". IMHO, under $150 US for the set, and probably significantly less, assuming you can even find a buyer. Courting couple china was very popular and therefore is easily found, there's a lot available on the resale market.</p><p>Shipping it safely to a new buyer would be problematic and selling locally usually brings down the final price even further due to the smaller number of potential buyers.</p><p>FYI, this is JMHO as a collector, I am not an appraiser.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 9565516, member: 649"]You have a coffee set (with coffee pot), not a tea set. Coffee pots are tall, tea pots are squat. It's a nicer than usual "courting couple" set, my guess is that it's likely made in the early-to-mid-20th century. Value is rather low due to tea and coffee sets (and vintage fine dinnerware china in general) not being particularly desired items. People want the convenience of "dishwasher safe". IMHO, under $150 US for the set, and probably significantly less, assuming you can even find a buyer. Courting couple china was very popular and therefore is easily found, there's a lot available on the resale market. Shipping it safely to a new buyer would be problematic and selling locally usually brings down the final price even further due to the smaller number of potential buyers. FYI, this is JMHO as a collector, I am not an appraiser.[/QUOTE]
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