This is a picture of my haul - the whole lot for £3!
There's a fair bit of modern, chinese made stuff, and the Duchess 'Tranquility' teacups were made from the late 1940s through to 1999, so I'm guessing they're the later version. This afternoon I decided to take a closer look at what I'd picked up and have realised that among the modern stuff there are a few pieces that are more than likely from someone's vintage kitchen, including a very retro looking opaque Arcoplan 'milk' set of 4 cups and plates with tiny orange and grey flowers. Armed with Miller's pottery and porcelain marks guide and google, I've spent a good few hours trying to decipher backstamps and am no closer to finding out where the handpainted white and gold plates are from, the only clue being a mysterious scripted gold letter 'f' on the back of the largest plate.
As for the teapot, it's from Kernewek, Cornwall, but again I have no idea of the age. I'm off to the library tomorrow to find a bigger book with more marks in it, but if anyone reading this has an in-depth knowledge of how to date china, please get in touch! It's all very exciting and I'm predicting the start of a crockery collection...
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