Vintage UCAGCO (Japan) Hand Painted Sugar Bowl & Saucer Set

Features:Hand Painted, Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan, Brand: Ucagco, Material: Bone China. Tea cup included as a bonus. Good condition. Items may show some signs of use and natural aging. The items in the photos are the exact items you are purchasing. Please see photos as they are part of description. The black dots are iron ore particles which got oxidised at high temperature in the kiln. They are found in porcelain regardless the age when the pottery was made and they are perfectly normal. History: UCAGCO marked pieces are almost always marked “Made in Japan” and like other importers, one might assume that they were a Japanese company; however, this is not correct. The United China and Glass Company (UCAGCO) was based in New Orleans and New York. Ucagco was primarily creator and distributor of dinnerware and glassware and were the distributor of many Japanese china patterns during the early 1950’s.UCAGCO dates back to 1850 and was founded by Abe Mayer. It was originally called Abe Mayer & Co. Mr. Mayer did business throughout the Southeast U.S. as well as Central and South America. In the 1930’s the company took on the official trademark of UCAGCO and began expanding overseas.After WWII was over, the company’s agent in Japan (S.A. Stolaroff) signed the very first contract allowing imports from Japan.