tried to comfort my woes by finding my family's old china sets only to discover they got rid of NEARLY EVERY SET...... we had NINE SETS...... and they kept the ugly ones weeps
Not all is lost our Haviland set in Schleiger 844 thankfully got kept!!
This was one of our newer sets w the backstamp dating it from 1937-56 (this is haviland’s 3rd newest backstamp, they changed it in 57 and 67 but I believe it’s stayed the same since then!)
I could potentially narrow down that date further but I’ve never been able to figure out the green numbers, they seem to be production numbers but no backstamp database I’ve found mentions them
ALSO there’s supposed to be gold trim along the ridged area, every image I’ve seen of this pattern online has it and I haven’t been able to find a single mention of it with only 1 gold stripe! No clue why this set doesn’t have it, but I think it’s pretty neat!
This is the other full set we have left and it’s the most modern one we have! Still unsure exactly when it was bought but most likely 70s or later. This is Mikasa brand which is still popular today for more casual (and dishwasher safe) ceramicware
One thing I really love about this pattern is that the other side of these cups are just blank. Most people are right handed so I assume that’s how they intended the cup to be held which means only the drinker gets to see the pretty flowers… everyone else sees blank ceramic.
I kinda like the unique shaping, the saucer’s indent for the cup is different from any other I’ve seen and the overall angular shapes are interesting but it makes them feel very 70’s-80’s to me. I definitely prefer more traditional rounded and filigreed shapes