PROBLEMATIC

Description: MINIATURE WOODEN TEA SET. PIECES MAY BE FROM TWO DIFFERENT SETS. INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING PIECES: 1. HOLLOW WOODEN APPLE. EXTERIOR PAINTED RED; YELLOW BASE. LARGE CHIP IN PAINT ON ONE SIDE. CUT NEAR TOP TO FORM LID. USED TO STORE SOME SMALLER PIECES. 2. TABLE. ROUNDED TABLE-TOP WITH THREE PEG LEGS. TOP PAINTED WITH PINK AND GREEN FLORAL PATTERN. STAMPED IN BLUE "KOREA". 3. CHAIR. SWIVEL-STYLE (STATIONARY), WITH HIGH FLARED BACK. RED AND GREEN FLORAL PATTERN ON SEAT AND BACK. 4. SERVING BOWL, WITH LID. THIN BROWN BORDER AROUND RIM. NO MARKINGS. 5. SERVING BASKET. DOUBLE-STACKED ROUNDED FLAT BASKET, WITH TWO HANDLES ON EACH LEVEL. ONE HANDLE HAS BEEN REPLACED BY COPPER WIRE. BOTTOM PERFORATED. 6. TEA KETTLE. SPOUT AND LID GLUED TO BODY. HANDLE BROKEN AND MISSING. 7. TEAPOT. SPOUT AND SIDE HANDLE GLUED TO IT. LID FITS INTO TOP. PINK AND GREEN FLOWER HAND-PAINTED ON ONE SIDE. 8. SUGAR BOWL. HANDLE GLUED TO EACH SIDE. REMOVABLE LID FITS INTO TOP. PINK AND GREEN FLORAL PATTERN PAINTED ON SIDE. 9. PLATE. ROUND, WITH TWO PINK AND GREEN FLOWERS PAINTED IN CENTRE. 10-12. THREE TEA CUPS. ONE SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN OTHER TWO. HANDLE GLUED TO ONE SIDE OF EACH. RED AND GREEN FLOWER PAINTED ON ONE SIDE OF EACH. 13. PROBLEMATIC: BOWL(?). ROUND, AND SLIGHTLY TAPERED TOWARD BASE. GREEN LEAF/GRASS PATTERN PAINTED AROUND BASE.

History: BELONGED TO DONOR'S DAUGHTER. PIECES APPEAR TO BE FROM TWO DIFFERENT SETS, BUT WERE USED TOGETHER. APPLE WAS USED AS STORAGE CONTAINER FOR VARIOUS SMALLER PIECES. MARKED ON BOTTOM "JAPAN".