The flowers on the cup and saucer and the pitcher are hand painted. During the early years of the 20th century, ladies took up "china painting" and took classes and bought "blanks" and decorated them. You have 2 blanks from different countries, but plain white that were obviously decorated by the same person....and I'll bet there is more in that pattern too...perhaps she was doing a tea set.
Linda C

Very interesting.

F/U question. When I list these on ebay can I list them all together and note which ones are which manufacturer and then tell the story you just told me, or, do I have to separate them into separate auctions (Limges and Royal Austria"?

I think you should auction them together, with the relevant info.

And I've never seen F/U used as "follow up" before...just as...well...gee I need to grow up. :)

I guess lindac knew it meant follow up. She didn't post back; "same to you."

Yeah, I've picked some short-hard lingo

IIRC - If I recall correctly
BTW- By the Way
FYI - For your information
F/U - follow-up
and my favorite,
ROTFL - Rolling on the floor laughing.

ROFLMAO...!!!
I also had never sees that used for Follow Up....when it has the other meaning it's usually missing the back slash.
I would list them separately unless you fuind more with that pattern.
Lots of people collect tea cups and don't want a pitcher and lots of people collect pitchers....me for example!

Yes, that looks like the hand painted china that was so popular in my grandmother's day. She painted a lovely set of dessert plates, with a different color scheme and different flower on each plate. Those were a hoped for inheritance by many of us cousins and her children too.

If I'm understanding correctly, I just learned something new here again. (it happens all the time) Are you saying that Limoges and Royal Austria made these blanks and they were decorated by crafters of the day? I would never have guessed that.

That's what I said....
And not only Limoges and Royal austrian but many other companies as well.
And often the pieces were signed, and some were considered better painters than others.
It was a hobby craft, much like needle point and embroidery...just another item of "Womans art".

Here is a link that might be useful: china painting.

I knew that china painting was a popular craft but didn't know that companies like Limoges and RA would put their mark on an item that someone else would decorate. Is there anything in the mark that indicates it's piece of china decorated by others?

Some people signed their works....sometimes on the front like a painting and some times on the back.
Here are some examples....but the seller seems not to know that it was pretty much an American hobby.

Here is a link that might be useful: hand painted china