Here are some ways you can tell the age of your piece
The Mckinley Tarriff act of 1891 required that the name of the country where the ceramic was originally made must be printed on each piece, sometimes country names were used as part of the mark before 1891, below are dates of the earliest marks using the country name as part of the mark.
China: c:1900
Czechoslovakia 1918
Danmark(Danish for Denmark) c:1850
Denmark C:1890
England 1880
Finland 1897
France 1867
Germany 1885
Hungary 1935
Japan 1921
Norge (Norwegian for Norway) 1911
Norway 1935
Portugal 1835
Sweden 1935
Switzerland 1906
United States of America 1935
Below are some terms/words used
Orignal From: A LITTLE HELP ON DATING PORCELAIN, POTTERY, DINNERWARE
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