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I tried posting this previously but the pictures didn't add...
Any information or opinions regarding the age & origin of this cup & saucer would be appreciated.
It is not super early because it is decorated with transfer images however it just doesn't "feel" new.
The foot ring of the cup is actually it's mouth, not it's foot as one would expect. It just feels very slightly rough (the mouth but still vitreous)

Not really sure but this looks like it's transfer printed.
The saucer looks very much Japanese and 20th Century.
Regards,
Mark@imperial
Adams Asian Art

Many thanks for your help...
As in my first attempt at posting this that I somehow posted without images; I was certain it was transfer decorated, if however my knowledge of English China carries over, it is of earlier, better quality than many, using several different transfers to achieve the image (as can be seen with the faces vs the clothing).
The main thing that had made me think Chinese was the dress of the figures, to my eye it appears to be Ming Style robes, often seen in later Chinese & European ceramic decorations.
I had also noted that the handle was moulded to resemble bamboo (with knots).
What had really thrown me off, in fact had me thinking it may even be European was the border, it didn't look Asian at all. Not Chinese or Japanese, a mish-mash really.
**Would you happen to know around what period transfer decoration became more commonplace on Chinese porcelain? I would think early to mid 19th Century though I have nothing to base this assumption on!

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