12 place setting all in excellent condition: 12 10" Dinner plates, 12 8" Salad Plates, 12 6 1/2 Bread & Butter Plates, 12 3" tall Cups, 12 5" wide Saucers, 12" Platter and S&P shakers 3 1/4" tall and 6 1/2 " attached gravy boat and dish
I received these place settings for wedding gifts in 1981. I still have them and only used them maybe 3 times in 40 years.
Hi Julie,
Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry.
If you can take a photograph of the mark on the bottom, I can provide more specific information about where this set was made, and when.
Based on the photos and information provided, and subject to examination, this is:
A vintage 64-piece Noritake Contemporary Fine China parcel gilt part dinner service for 12
Blue Hill pattern, made in Sri Lanka, made after 1972, comprising:
12 Dinner plates (10"),
12 Salad / Dessert Plates (8"),
12 Bread & Butter Plates (6 1/2"),
12 Cups (3" tall) with 12 Saucers (5"),
1 Platter (12")
pair salt and pepper shakers (3 1/4") and
1 gravy boat and attached underplate (6 1/2")
PROVENANCE: received as a wedding gift in 1981; rarely used
$150-250*
*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.
Thanks Julie!
People looking for vintage Noritake often have a preference for pieces made in Japan but this is a beautiful set and easily worth the fair-market value I've appraised this set at.
I uploaded the back of a plate - please let me know your thoughts.
Julie Flobeck