Delicate A A Vantine & Co, Sugar & Creamer Tea Set, Hand Painted

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Delicate A A Vantine & Co, Sugar & Creamer Tea Set, Hand Painted:
$7.99

Beautiful and delicate **rare** find from A.A. Vantine &amp;amp; Co. A petite tea type set including what appears to be a sugar bowl and creamer (matching). Appears to be hand painted and accented with beautiful gold. This set is truly unique. Late 1890-1920. I have photographed all angles, please let the photos serve as a complete description.

Around the 1840s Ashley A. Vantine started a provision and supply business in San Francisco. He continued in California until 1869, when he came to New-York and established himself in the Oriental goods business, opening his first shop for oriental wares in New York in 1869 on Broadway, near Eighth-street. A few years later he moved to 831 Broadway, and from there, in 1883, to 879 Broadway. Mr. Vantine traveled a great deal, particularly to China and Japan, crossing the Pacific sixteen times and made six visits to Turkey and Southern Russia. The company seems to have began their business in Yokohama, Japan, already in 1865 for the purpose of manufacturing wares for export to the West. They even started a mail order business and came to have their own factories in Yokohama and Nagoya, Japan. A catalogue from 1917 is preserved at the University of Delaware Library. The text states that the book \"enables you to rest comfortably at home in your easy chair, and, at your leisure, select by mail, with absolute confidence, from the largest collection of Oriental goods in America.\" Offerings include not only toys, but clothing, perfumes, jewelry, and pottery. The business seems to have shut down around 1951.

Mark: Crossed Imperial Chinese and Japanese Flags with the Turkish crescent moon and star in-between, referring to Mr AA Vantines business relations with these three countries.

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