April 12, 2024
Vintage Mepoco German Lusterware Tea Service for 6
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German Mepoco Lusterware tea set with teapot, creamer, sugar bowl and six cups/saucers. No chips, scratches or marks. Haven't seen this pattern before, so I don't know what the style is. T is a picture of the marking on the bottom of one of the saucers stating MEPOCO. Measurements are as follows:Saucers: 4 1/2" wideCups: 2 1/4" tall, 2" wideCreamer: 4" tall, 2 1/4" wide (not including arm)Sugar Bowl: 3" tall (without lid), 5 1/2" wide (arm to arm)Tea Pot: 6 1/2" tall, 6 1/2" wide Lusterware has been a popular home accessory for centuries. It was produced by Islamic artisans, 15th-century Moorish craftsmen and Italian Renaissance potters, as well as 19th-century English china makers and post-World War II Japanese artists. Lusterware is pottery with an overglaze finish containing copper and silver or other materials that give the effect of iridescence, according to . The process may have been invented and was certainly first popularized by ninth-century Islamic potters, according to the site. On HGTVâe(tm)s Flea Market Finds, lusterware expert Michael Hansen of Concord, N.C., ; ) said that most lusterware items imported to the United States after World War II were considered strictly functional and sold in dime stores. Now lusterware is a sought-after collectible. Hand-painted Japanese lusterware is popular, as well as pre-World War
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