Hi Mary, Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry. Based on the photos and information provided, and subject to examination, this is: A vintage 105-piece Noritake parcel gilt china part dinner service In the Cherita pattern, made in Japan, bearing the backstamp in use from 1933, comprising: 12 dinner plate 12 squared plates 12 desserts plates 12 bread and butter plates 12 sauce bowls (no handles) 12 consomme bowls (two handles) 12 cups with 12 saucers 2 graduated platters 1 covered casserole 1 casserole 1 gravy or sauceboat with underplate 1 sugar bowl 1 cream pitcher CONDITION: client reports 1 small chip on the rim of a sauce bowl. Otherwise they are in perfect condition. They've been washed by hand or in the dishwasher with a special detergent that won't take off the gold. In the 30 or so years of ownership9, they've been used no more than a dozen times. PROVENANCE: inherited $400-700 for the set* *represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price may vary. Please let us know if you have additional items to appraise, and thank you again for using Mearto.
