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Message:: [QUOTE="CheersDears, post: 4279821, member: 2131"]I'd have said coffee pot, except the 12 cups are a generous tea-cup size and it's very boofy for coffee. The poppies are "decals" or transfers, hand coloured and highlighted. The mismatch ... hopefully this photo shows an embossed design, including a full border, which doesn't tally with the poppies. This is a peculiarly one-sided set: there is no decoration on the back of the cups, not even any gold on the handles. They are too opaque to be Japanese. The bases are slightly rough -- not damaged, but not neatened up before glazing. My first thought was Austria (or thereabouts) and post war, like someone was making do with what was on hand. But I guessed at 1930s or 40s. It's exciting that John suggests earlier. Perhaps a rush job was done on some surviving white ware to cash in on a WWI export market. The hard, glassy porcelain still feels kind of "Dresden"-ish to me, but that poppy is very French, n'est pas? The gilding still puzzles, as does the size. That's two ornery coffee pots and a modern Doulton tea cup for comparison. It's gone up in my estimation, for sure. Thanks for your input, everyone, and more opinions welcome of course.[ATTACH=full]342835[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]342836[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]