Dragonware collection
04 September 2020
Description

This is a Dragonware of 87 pieces of different sets.

Provenance

unknown

Acquired from
Inherited
For sale
Yes
Answered within about 1 hour
By Delia
Sep 04, 16:38 UTC
Fair Market Value
$300 - $500 USD
Insurance Value $0 USD
What does this mean?

Hi Pierre,

Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry. This is a really fun collection!
So that I may best assist you, is it possible to specify how many pieces are from each set?

Thanks!
Delia

Pierre perret Sep 04, 17:18 UTC

Hello! Thanks for taking a look at this for me, I appreciate the assistance.

The Blue set has:
7 tea cups
1 tiny cup
1 milk container
1 tea container with lid
1 sugar bowl with lid
10 plates

The first brownish grey set has:
4 bigger saucers
14 smaller saucers
5 big tea cups
6 smaller tea cups
2 tiny tea cups
1 dragon head tea pot with lid
1 tall tea pot with lid
1 sugar bowl with lid
1 milk bowl
2 smaller bowls with lids
1 extra dragon head lid

Brownish golden interior tea cups has:
5 tea cups

Brown Dragon set has:

1 tea pot with lid
5 tea cups
6 saucers
1 milk jug
1 sugar bowl

Hope that helps!

-Pierre

Delia Sep 04, 18:56 UTC

Thank you so much!
Based on the photos and information provided, and subject to examination, this is:
A vintage 21-piece Betson hand-painted and parcel-gilt “dragon” porcelain tea set, made in Japan, mid 20th Century, comprising:
7 tea cups
1 demitasse cup
1 cream pitcher
1 tea pot with cover
1 covered sugar bowl
10 plates
$75-100*

A large 38-piece assembled vintage hand-painted and parcel gilt porcelain “dragon” tea set, by Wales China and Nippon China, Japan, mid 20th Century, comprising:
1 dragon head tea pot with cover
1 tall tea pot with cover
1 sugar bowl with cover
1 cream pitcher
2 covered waste bowls
1 extra dragon head lid
5 coffee cups with 4 saucers
6 tea cups with 14 saucers
2 demitasse cups
$125-175*

A small vintage set of five hand-painted and parcel gilt porcelain “dragon” tea cups, attributed to Betson, made in Japan, mid 20th Century, with brown interiors
$20-30*

A 14-piece vintage set of hand-painted and parcel gilt “brown dragon” tea set, Wales China, made in Japan, mid 20th Century, comprising:
1 tea pot cover
1 cream pitcher
1 sugar bowl
5 tea cups with 6 saucers
$40-60*
COMBINED VALUE: $300-500 (rounded up because a large set, even if assembled, usually brings a premium as opposed to smaller sets sold individually).
*represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price may vary.

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