Hi Clare, Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry. What a lovely, elegant service. I'm pretty sure this is more likely to be porcelain than bone china. If you know otherwise, please let me know as the value of this service would be less if it were bone china. Based on the photos and information provided, and subject to examination, this is: A vintage Noritake parcel gilt hand-painted porcelain dessert service made in Japan, bearing the Noritake "Komaru" mark, in use from 1908, comprising: 6 coffee cups and 6 saucers, 1 covered sugar bowl 1 cream jug pitcher, and 1 covered coffee pot with a foliate pattern on a cream ground with black and silver accents CONDITION: appears to be in excellent condition; value assumes no chips, breaks, losses or repairs $400-600* *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.
