What a sweet little vanity jar I thought as I saw the squat white container adorned with pink roses and trimmed in yellow and lime green. It looked like one of those Nippon trinket boxes that…
Tag: Nippon
Readers ask about & help identify a Noritake-style teapot
Posted in collectibles, dishware, and Kitchen
Fridays at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources for them to determine the value of their items. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but I can do…
A porcelain teapot with a Noritake-style mark
Posted in China, collectibles, and pottery
It was a lovely porcelain teapot but not my type. It had likely been part of set with a creamer and sugar bowl years ago. But those other pieces had walked off with relatives or gotten…
A classy way to enjoy hot chocolate
Posted in collectibles, and dishware
When I first saw the lovely porcelain pot at auction, I thought it was it was a coffee pot. It certainly had the shape, except that it was flared at the bottom like a woman’s…