Hi Roberta,

Well these are oddities.  From the pictures it is hard to see if the bases
are simply broken off or ground down?  The shape of the bases (if they are
the bases and not broken off finials) is, as you said, not typical for
creamware.  If they were lids, they might not have a flange if they fit
onto bodies in the manner of Chinese covered cups of the 18th century.  The
clue is probably in how the bases/finials were removed, but we are without
any good suggestions.

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