Antique Pink Luster Collecting: Teacups

"When you are looking at pink luster another shape that I wanted to talk about because a lot of people like to just collect cups and saucers. In here we have some cups and saucers which during that period they called these tea bowls also and I can show you also a nice example here of a nice deep bowl in the house pattern and you have a small mug here also with a house pattern. That is one example of pink luster. Here you have a handle cup and saucer in the it has a grape leaf pattern and you just different triangular shape to it with the center bowl and this is a nice example of pink luster and in really nice condition so that's is another example that you might see in a cup. A later cup that you might see is you can see the luster it has a shine to stand you when you put it up to a light it is very thin you can see through it almost a pasty consistency to it so it is a very fine cup with a lot of detail on the inside. You are looks at a little house pattern again with a little bit of discoloration but not much. So this is another nice example and I want to show you also the saucer that goes with it. Really pretty pattern, nice and clean, with not a lot of ware and that is really a nice example of what you want to look for when you are collecting these and paying top price for something like this. So look for the nice pattern with not a lot of ware on it, at least it should be relative to how much you pay for it. So those are a couple of examples. Let me show you down here is another example of that set pink luster it is a really nice it has a nice deep bowl to it. There is a little bit of discoloration not discoloration but bumpiness to it that is to a glaze that was part of the making so that is a nice example of a pink luster cup and saucer. Let me show you another cup and saucer here with a different design and pattern to it there is one right here and it has very little pattern on the outside and on the inside is where you see the pattern. This basket pattern is really typical of that period to with the flowers in the basket. This has nice color you can see the luster on the outside and the outside here doesn't have much color you can see the paste all the ware through you can see the cup and in the inside you see the nice pattern. So that is another different type of cup and saucer that you might find out there so here is a few examples of what you might find in pink luster."