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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dgbjwc, post: 345128, member: 308&quot;]You are most welcome, Jim.&nbsp; Identifying the flowers could be a bit difficult.&nbsp; You frequently find flowers depicted in china decorations that nature never intended or, as in your case, are vastly oversimplified.&nbsp; That being said, the flowers with the dropping petals might be coneflowers.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>SIS gave you a wonderful (as usual) and much more helpful answer than anything I provided.&nbsp; I can only add that these items are often found unmarked.&nbsp; Frankly, they were not meant to last very long.&nbsp; They were mass produced for the still emerging middle class. It was expected they would be broken and discarded within a relatively short period of time.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The exact age of the cup and saucer may not be too helpful in your genealogy quest.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know what year your family emigrated but the cup and saucer may have already existed for decades before they made the journey.&nbsp; I envy you your&nbsp; family heirlooms.&nbsp; Heirlooms in my family are very few and far between and none exist from prior to emigration.</p><p>Don[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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