Hi Elbert,

Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry.
Large sets like yours - in which you have the full place settings - are desirable but the pattern is fairly plain and the chipped condition will diminish the value a little.
Based on the photos and information provided, and subject to examination, this is:

A vintage 89-piece Noritake parcel gilt porcelain part dinner service for 12
In the "Graywood" pattern, made in Japan, with the Nippon toki "N" backstamp in use from 1953, comprising:
12 Dinner plates ,
12 salad plates,
12 dessert plate,
12 small bowls (possibly for fruit or a finger bowl)
12 soup bowls,
12 cups with 12 saucers,
2 serving platters (small and large),
1 gravy or sauce bowl,
1 cream pitcher, and
1 sugar bowl.
White with silvered trim and decoration, marked underneath
CONDITION: generally in good condition; three pieces with small chips
PROVENANCE: inherited from brother who acquired in Vietnam in the 1960s
$400-600 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.