I hope you are enjoying your Sunday! I am heading to an outing at a Park in a while, but first I thought I would show you some collectibles I have from Occupied Japan. After World War ll, Japan was occupied by the Allied Powers, which included U.S., U.K., New Zealand, Australia, and India. This lasted until 1952, when Japan was once again independent.
During the occupancy, products were marked "Occupied Japan", especially those sent to the U.S
These Toby jugs and matching cups and saucers were bought at an auction and I haven't seen a set like them anywhere!
I think they are very charming...each mug has a cup and saucer with the same character face on it.
I have put them in my antique booth at the antique mall for sale.
Just wondering if any of you readers have seen these before?
This is the first time I seen these and I did not know that they were marking of "Occupied Japan".
ReplyDeleteThey do have character don't they.
ReplyDeleteTo funny! My mom has a small collection of these little guys left by her mother. Some have saucers, some don't. I didn't realize they were from Japan. That's amazing! We used to have tea parties with them as kids (o:
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