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<p>[QUOTE="quirkygirl, post: 71488, member: 106"]Hello!</p><p><br /></p><p>These cups and saucers are pretty standard size ... have no handles ... saucers smooth on inside - like a very shallow bowl .. hand painted with no painted or impressed marks on the underside.</p><p><br /></p><p>Their lack of handles leads me to think that they are pretty old as I think I read that handles started to come into fashion in the 1800's (please, correct me if I'm wrong)</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought a set of four and three of the saucers are darker than the cups ... more very light beige than creamy white ... does this mean anything?</p><p><br /></p><p>How can I tell if these are soft paste porcelain?</p><p><br /></p><p>There was also a waste bowl (cracked and badly discolored) which had what looked like a "21" "16" in pink depending on how you held it (the 2 or 6 was mostly a spiral) on the underside.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was also a matching rectangular shape teapot and lid with a very fine hairline crack partially up the side. </p><p><br /></p><p>Was it a big mistake to break the set up and not bring the waste bowl and teapot home too? I can go back and pick them up tomorrow, if I did err big-time!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for any observations and or suggestions!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]18527[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]18528[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]18529[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]18530[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="quirkygirl, post: 71488, member: 106"]Hello! These cups and saucers are pretty standard size ... have no handles ... saucers smooth on inside - like a very shallow bowl .. hand painted with no painted or impressed marks on the underside. Their lack of handles leads me to think that they are pretty old as I think I read that handles started to come into fashion in the 1800's (please, correct me if I'm wrong) I bought a set of four and three of the saucers are darker than the cups ... more very light beige than creamy white ... does this mean anything? How can I tell if these are soft paste porcelain? There was also a waste bowl (cracked and badly discolored) which had what looked like a "21" "16" in pink depending on how you held it (the 2 or 6 was mostly a spiral) on the underside. There was also a matching rectangular shape teapot and lid with a very fine hairline crack partially up the side. Was it a big mistake to break the set up and not bring the waste bowl and teapot home too? I can go back and pick them up tomorrow, if I did err big-time! Thanks for any observations and or suggestions! [ATTACH=full]18527[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]18528[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]18529[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]18530[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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