GUEST: My big question is, is this a child's, like, tea set or, what was this used for?

I mean, I'm thinking it was a child's tea set 'cause it's so tiny.

But then, why would you give this to a child to play with?

My brother got it for me 14 years ago?

So I want to pass it down to my niece.

APPRAISER: There are such things as child's sets.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: This is not a child's set.

GUEST: Oh!

APPRAISER: And by the way, it's not a tea set.

GUEST: It's a coffee?

APPRAISER: It's a coffee set.

GUEST: Okay.

APPRAISER: Coffee pots tend to be taller with a more extended spout.

GUEST: Okay.

APPRAISER: The porcelain was made in France.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: And Limoges.

GUEST: And let's look at the b, bottom of one of these.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: They're all marked the same way.

GUEST: Okay.

APPRAISER: It says "Limoges France," Limoges being a town famous for making porcelain.

GUEST: Okay.

APPRAISER: For hundreds of years now.

The decoration on it...

GUEST: Mm.

APPRAISER:...the painting, is American.

We see a lot of china-painted ware.

But this piece is exceptional.

Almost all that we see is, for want of a better word, kind of grandmotherly.

GUEST: Right.

APPRAISER: There's a lot of very old-fashioned floral painting.

This is painted, I believe, by a young, switched-on, kind of flapper woman who was in tune with the Art Deco taste of the day.

GUEST: Right.

APPRAISER: This is very, very modern.

Now, we're showing two, a pair of what I would call demitasse and saucers.

But I believe you have how many altogether?

GUEST: Six.

APPRAISER: I'm going to date the whole thing to about 1925, which are when I think the painting was done.

GUEST: Okay.

APPRAISER: You say your brother bought it for you?

GUEST: My brother did, yes.

He lived in Denver and saw this in a, just a little antique store.

APPRAISER: And how much did he pay for it in that antique shop, do you know?

GUEST: $300, I think he said?

APPRAISER: As far as the value, he paid a fair price for it back then.

But I think if it was in a good antique shop today, I could see it priced at twice that.

$500, $600, or even $700.

GUEST: Oh, nice, nice, nice.

APPRAISER: It, it is so pretty...

GUEST: Yes.

APPRAISER: ...so exquisite, so delicate.

GUEST: Yes, I love it.

It's just, it's so cute.

(laughs) APPRAISER: Yeah, it's a treasure.

GUEST: Yes, it is.