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Help with ID of this cup and saucer Posted by Susan D. Walter on May 23, 2026, 10:01 pm I found this in a junk store. Can you please ID it? I am calling it "Japanoserie in robin's egg blue with lustre". Thanks, Susan

Re: Help with ID of this cup and saucer Posted by Len on May 26, 2026, 10:34 pm, in reply to "Help with ID of this cup and saucer" Very pretty pattern, Susan, but I haven't been able to identify it so far. I don't think it's in the database.

Re: Help with ID of this cup and saucer Posted by Susan D Walter on May 27, 2026, 2:38 pm, in reply to "Re: Help with ID of this cup and saucer" would it be acceptable as a maker unknown, with better photos, to be put into the database? if so, what would i need to do?

Re: Help with ID of this cup and saucer Posted by Len on May 27, 2026, 9:35 pm, in reply to "Re: Help with ID of this cup and saucer" Hi Susan. Yes, it would be nice to record this in the database, thanks. I think the picture you've provided should be good enough for that. What size is the saucer? I'm assuming there is no mark of any kind, right? Thanks again!

Re: Help with ID of this cup and saucer Posted by Susan D Walter on May 28, 2026, 1:39 pm, in reply to "Re: Help with ID of this cup and saucer" Cool! On the cup and saucer, There is no mark. Diameter of the saucer is 5". Diameter of the cup us 3 1/2" They are paneled, 12 segments; measurement from flat to flat rims. Lustred. The solid blue is a distinctive paler blue color I describe as Robin's egg blue; do you have a different name for it? - I have another unrelated pattern - Simla (Elsmore & Forster circa 1860 [Williams Weber 1978:50], and Thomas Walker 1845-1851 [Williams Weber 1978:161] in the Yorba assemblage with this same Robin's egg blue color; which appears to have been added over a flowing purplish blue. Hence my current interest in that color name. Another question regarding Simla, when looking up more than one color in the Database, I found no differentiation of TWO clearly different BLUES. Am I just missing something?

Re: Help with ID of this cup and saucer Posted by Len on May 28, 2026, 2:11 pm, in reply to "Re: Help with ID of this cup and saucer" Hi again Susan. Thank you for all your help! You say elsewhere the Simla pattern you have is different than is in the database, do you have a picture of it? As to the transferware colors found in the database, no we don't differentiate. All blues are just blue, all browns just brown, and so on. The editors (including yours truly) don't all have the color palate necessary to recognize or name all the hues that come under those umbrella terms. Anyway, thanks again!

Re: SIMLA pattern (and Help with ID of this cup and saucer) Posted by Susan D Walter on May 28, 2026, 4:00 pm, in reply to "Re: Help with ID of this cup and saucer" Hi again Len, I have a large Simla patterned plate arriving soon. I'll get it photographed and send that to you, ok? Susan

Re: SIMLA pattern (and Help with ID of this cup and saucer) Posted by Len on May 29, 2026, 12:44 pm, in reply to "Re: SIMLA pattern (and Help with ID of this cup and saucer)" That's great, Susan, thank you!

Re: Help with ID of this cup and saucer Posted by Web Admin on May 25, 2026, 2:50 pm, in reply to "Help with ID of this cup and saucer" Here is the image.

Re: Help with ID of this cup and saucer Posted by Len on May 24, 2026, 11:55 am, in reply to "Help with ID of this cup and saucer" Hi Susan. Looking forward to seeing your cup and saucer as soon as you can send a picture. Thanks!

Re: Help with ID of this cup and saucer Posted by Susan D Walter on May 24, 2026, 12:57 pm, in reply to "Re: Help with ID of this cup and saucer" this is VERY disappointing. my husband and i struggled to send a photo using your protocol and obviously have failed. we'll try [dispiritedly] again... susan

Re: Help with ID of this cup and saucer Posted by Susan D Walter on May 24, 2026, 12:50 pm, in reply to "Re: Help with ID of this cup and saucer" VERY discouraging. my husband and I struggled for an hour and thought we'd gotten it to you with your system. we'll (dispiritedly) try again... susan

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