I have come across a Noritake Tea Cup, since Noritake came up in a earlier thread, thought I would share my findings on this cup, with question about Patent Numbers. This Tea Cup is a Noritake, pattern name Goldier. Found it at replacements, which it listed it at almost $35.00, usually My cup valued between 9.00 to 15.00 at replacement. I thought this was pretty good for just a semi - Fancy Cup. This cup was made in 1933 according to replacements, but the patent number 89494 would place it in the mid 1800's or so. Am I missing something here? or maybe the design patent was made in the mid 1800's and was not produced until 1930's. Or could it be they used the patent from another company? Thought I would share my Noritake find since my apprication for Noritake just took a jump lately.
