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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ce BCA, post: 9595756, member: 18716&quot;]<i>Can anyone tell me anything about it? Would have been made in Japan? </i></p><p>Yes, during the inter-war period, probably 1930&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Was it cheap china at the time?</i> </p><p>Yes, these were in-expensive sets made for export, it was also a troubled time in Japan and quality took a big nosedive at this time.&nbsp; It&#039;s relative of course as not many working class people could afford them in the 1930&#039;s as the working class had far less spending power at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Is it bone china or porcelain? </i></p><p>It is fine porcelain from Japanese clay.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>How would it have been made, and on what scale?</i> </p><p>Hand made and hand decorated in smallish workshops and potbanks.&nbsp; They had basic production lines and they were made in large quantities by many smaller businesses rather than a few large ones.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Would the relief dragons have been hand painted? If so, in a factory or by people working from home?</i> </p><p>Yes, all hand painted at this period including the trailed clay.&nbsp; Some workshops did outsource painting, but records are very sketchy.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>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)?</i></p><p>Pics are too small to make any useful determination of the damage/imperfections, yes any faults will have some impact.&nbsp; Regarding value they are not of interest to the Japanese home market.&nbsp; In the UK these are common and not popular so prices are very weak here - they are a bit more popular in the US.&nbsp; Not sure about your home market, check ebay.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>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.</i></p><p>They are best not used, they don&#039;t stand up well and some of the paints can contain heavy metals - safe to handle, but no licking!</p><p><br /></p><p>Overall it&#039;s a basic type at the lower end of the market, there are many around, they are not practical and just decorative.&nbsp; So if it&#039;s sentimental I would keep it, you are not going to get a lot for it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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