vintage Rookwood Pottery 3 pc tea set 2663 Kataro Shirayamadani design 1950

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vintage Rookwood 3 piece tea set 2663 Kataro Shirayamadani design 1950
Very attractive production set that we were told was originally modeled by Kataro Shirayamadani.  We have seen the pieces of this set referred to as a melon or pumpkin shape, probably because of the stem type handle to the lid of the teapot and sugar, but have been told that there is no official name for this shape.
The teapot measures 6" tall to the top of the lid, 8" across from handle to spout.  The sugar bowl measures 4 1/2" tall to the top of the lid and 6" across handle to handle.  The creamer measures 3 1/2" tall and 4 3/4" across spout to handle.
The bottom mark has the Roman Numeral L, which indicates the date of 1950.  All the 3  have the number incised of 2663.
The color is a very light pink color , with a very thick and shiny clear glaze. The pottery color is a white color.  The glaze has a lot of long marks of crazing all over (see photos). None of the crazing is stained, and because the glaze is so thick and deep, at first glance it appears that the pieces have cracks, but it's just the glaze crazing.  One spot in particular is near the top edge of the teapot, but it does not go through to the inside, therefore a craze to the glaze, not a crack (see photo).  There are also a few very tiny pin tip black spots near the top of the teapot, which were very hard to photograph because they are so small (see photo).
Besides the aforementioned, this set is perfect and looks as if it has hardly, if ever, was used.
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