Seventy-Year-Old Cups
When I see these cups I am reminded of my wonderful aunt. When I was a little girl and we'd visit my grandparents she would stop by to see us, grab a cup of coffee using one of these cups. There are numbers on the bottom which are for the design. I have two each of three. On the bottom is printed "Made in Germany". Thus, these cups would have to be from pre-war (that's WWII) or just a few years after the war. Auntie would have been too young to purchase them before the war, so after; or my grandparents had owned them which I highly doubt as these were not the usual type of item they would have bought. The cups couldn't have been brought back by my uncles because neither was anywhere near Germany during the war. I am amazed that these seventy-plus-year-old cups are still in great condition, with no chips. The gold on the rim and on the cups is still there. They are not used often because they can't go in the dishwasher nor in the microwave. Since my dishw...