Antique Chocolate Pot Set Marked Japan

This Chocolate Pot Set is marked 'Japan'and was bought from an antiques shop in Vermont.

by Joanne (Newport, VT, USA)

I am not sure if this really is a chocolate pot or what it is made of.

It would be interesting to find out something about this as it seems to be an odd little set.

• The Chocolate pot is just under 10 inches tall (inc. lid) and the cups are 3 inches tall
• The pot is faded more than the cups and all the pieces seem crudely made to me. There are 6 cups and 6 saucers.

The cups are unmarked on the bottoms, the saucers are marked with the word Japan and the pot is marked Japan on the bottom also.

It is a floral design and has a line drawing of a bird on one side of each cup and the floral design on the other side of each cup.

I purchased the chocolate pot set at least 10 years ago at an antique shop in Vermont.

I have no recollection of the amount I paid for it, but it was not much.

I wonder if it has any value as it almost seems to be something made for a child as a quickly manufactured, inexpensive play set or a cheap tourist item.

If anyone can offer any advice, I'd be very grateful.

Joanne