Manufacturer: Mitteldorfer Straus, Peasant Village Brand

Pretty, vintage souvenir china demitasse cup & saucer. Has remains of a paper label on underside of saucer indicating that this was a souvenir for the Vanderbilt Inn in Hyde Park, New York. Only partial remains of this label is still firmly attached to saucer, but this is legible.

Decoration on both pieces is of a horse and rider or a horseback rider who is accompanied by a second horse which is depicted carrying the male rider's bags or parcels and his gun. They appear to be riding along a road in a country type setting. The same decoration appears on both sides of the cup and on the center of the saucer. Both pieces are trimmed with light green and light brown lines. These are made of china or ceramic (these are not porcelain or bone china as they are not translucent).

Both pieces are stamped in black on the undersides with "Made in England For PV". From some internet research, the PV is believed to indicate that this is the Peasant Village brand or line of china pieces. The PV line was marketed and made for Mitteldorfer Straus, who was a wholesaler and distributor based in New York. We do not know which company in England made these vintage pieces for Mitteldorfer Straus. We believe these were made either pre World War II (pre WW2) or after the war in the 1950s/60s (mid century pieces) since this company could not make their pieces in England or the United Kingdom during the war period. The look of these pieces suggests to us that that are 1930's or 1950's/60's souvenir items.

Round saucer measures 4 7/8 inches diameter and sits about 5/8 inch in height with upwardly curved rim and depressed circular center to seat the cup. Straight walled cup with curved side handle measures 2 3/8 inches in height, about 3 1/16 inches greatest width (outside of handle to opposite side of cup) and 2 1/4 inches cup depth. Together these 2 vintage china pieces sit about 2 1/2 inches in height and weigh slightly over 6 ounces unpacked.

We've provided 8 images to show from varied angles including the manufacturer mark on both pieces. The camera light causes white "hot spot" reflections on the smooth, glazed surfaces. Please use the zoom feature to examine closely.

Very nice older condition, clean and without chips, but showing some signs of age. The saucer has overall crazing but no crazing visible on the cup. Transfer design is bright and colorful. There are some small scratch lines on the designs, but only a few, not bad, and they don't detract from the great look (you only see these if you look very closely in bright light). We don't believe this was used due to how clean the cup is, inside and out, so the scratches and other light wear likely occurred during cleaning/dusting/handling over the years. Touch of wear/darkening to underside base of cup as expected. Nothing to worry about here, in great displayable condition.

Neat addition to any collection related to horses, or a vintage souvenir grouping for Hyde Park, NY, or one related in general to hotel, motel, lodging or hospitality industry souvenirs.

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