If you are looking for more than a single cup, check my ebay store, as I am listing a number of them - singly - but would be glad to combine shipping either before or after transactions are paid for 

This one has the sort of label that we saw in the post-war years

Somayaki double wall mossy green pottery is unique to Japan and was made by family owned businesses, hanging on by sheer tradition in this world.  The 2011 earthquake and the tsunami a few years back devastated a number of them, accelerating the transition to rarity.  The double wall nature of their construction may be unique - I have never seen it in other regions of the world.  In keeping with the tradition of excellence and detail in handcrafting as well as the obsession with tea as a traditional ceremonial formality in the culture, we find these delicate and lovely tea cups like no others.  I have run across a collection, only the 2nd time in 40 years of selling, and am offering them in various little groupings.  If you are seeing a lot of these on ebay, bear in mind that does NOT mean there ARE a lot, simply that they come out of folks' households in bunches, then none for a while.

Most items are shipped, however if you are local and want to take a little ride and save the shipping, that's up to you.  Local pickup actually means that you plan to pick up your purchases in person, great in the case of heavy or large packages and furniture.  It costs you nothing.  Please make your arrangements with me.  Please.  Understand that if you want your items delivered to your door with any likelihood of surviving the barbarians that carry them, it will require packaging on our end and a shipping label, the cost of which is determined based upon weight and dimensions.  I don't invent these things.

Policies & Procedures to improve your eBay experience:

If your item arrives broken - we are BOTH sad and no one did it to you on purpose and you must send me a picture of the item, smashed beyond usefulness (so I am not squinting to see damage in a 2 inch picture) and we'll get you taken care of.  Breakage is an inconvenience and disappointment for both of us, so no need to get all defensive and I am hardly ever interested in seeing a broken item back in my mailbox.  After all, if it's broken, I sure don't want to sell it to someone else.  

Use the shopping cart if you want a shipping deal.  I love multiple purchases and there is nearly always a better deal on getting more than one item in a box.  That deal is unpredictable however.  If one dinner plate costs $12 to ship, it might be that 3 of the same will cost about the same - shipping is an art AND a science.  Choosing a shipper depends on weight, dimensions, AND where you are.  The automated calculator feature will do its best, but please use the shopping cart because it will allow you to make purchases without shoving you through the automated paying process.  I have to manually adjust your invoice for the shipping savings so don't pay some automated thing with the incorrect amount - wait for the one that matches our agreement.

Ask questions!  Ebay has become increasingly complex in its efforts to simplify.  If you are new or unaccustomed to purchasing vintage pieces or just want to ask what I mean by "flamingo pink", I will be glad to help you through the process.  Part of YOUR job is to read the doggone listing, get a real address in your information (FedEx will not deliver to PO Boxes), and get your contact information correct.  New email address?  New phone number?

Here comes the mean grown-up stuff-- I do not accept FRIVOLOUS returns.  If you spend your rent money and then want it back, shop elsewhere.  I am not The Mall.  If you are chemically impaired, please shop in someone else's store.  Do I really have to say this?  Yes.  Get your address and telephone number into the system correctly.  If you make a purchase, hoping that I am mistaken and that you have really purchased a million dollar piece of artwork - only it happens the artwork is just what I have said it is - there are no returns.  

Those of you who are still reading --- have a good time.  If you see a correction I should make - tell me.  I don't always get it right and promise I won't snap your head off.