SKU: P152

From famous restaurantware company FS Louie comes this Oriental scene tea cup and saucer. Cup has no handle. Both have hand painted Asian scenes of women and garden. Cup has backstamp trademark and FS Louie Co. Berkely CA, Plate has a cursive A, a symbol for Japan. This is one of the first trademarks used by the company. These have wear please see photo. No chips or cracks.

F. S. Louie Company About 1950 the F. S. Louie Company of Berkeley, California, began importing and wholesaling china to restaurants. Following the founder's death in 1996, his son continued the business for a few years before closing. The major patterns are God of Longevity, Dragon/Phoenix, Bird/Flower, and Women/Characters. Most of this ware was made in Japan because, for political reasons, the U.S. government did not allow U.S. firms to import anything from The People's Republic of China for many years.