ASSORTED CERAMIC AND GLASS CHILDREN'S ARTICLES, UNCOUNTED LOT, more than 40 pieces, including an 11-piece Japanese porcelain "THREE LITTLE PIGS" tea set fitted in original box, a 14-piece partial German porcelain tea set featuring charming polychrome anthropomorphic elephant decals, an 11-piece partial Japanese porcelain tea set depicting whimsical googly-eyed doll faces, an 8-piece partial English ceramic tea set having blue marble-like decorations, a partial 8-piece porcelain spice set, a porcelain Royal Bayreuth Sunbonnet Babies toy cup and saucer set having gilt-printed "Joseph Horne Co. / Dolls' / Tea Party" one side of cup, and a seven-piece partial blue cobalt tea set. Japan; Germany; England. Fourth quarter 19th/early 20th century. 4 1/8" HOA.
Literature: Punchard - 200 Years of Playtime Pottery & Porcelain, elephant motif p. 103, pl. bottom right; Three Little Pigs p. 162, pl. bottom; googly-eyed doll p. 170, pl. top.

Some having scattered flaking or chipping, including a few moderate imperfections such as two Little Pig plates and one sugar bowl handle broken, marble-decorated teapot with yellowing areas of restoration; some being in excellent to undamaged condition.