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1940s/50s Egg Cup formed as a boy with dog licking hs face




Stock No. 352 

1940s/50s Egg Cup modelled as a boy wearing a pierot costume with a dog licking his face, made in occupied Japan between 1945 and 1952.
Condition is very good except one fine hairline crack from rim to one eye - (see illus. above)
Marked to base "MADE IN JAPAN"
Dimensions :
height : 2.75 inches

This eggcup is featured in Egg Cups an illustrated History and Price Guide by Brenda C. Blake (1995 ed.) page 28 item 192 illus. Plate #41. She describes it as an oriental boy with dog licking his face.

£30.00