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Cabinet Cup and Saucer- 'Snipe Shooting' and 'Worm Fishing', Worcester porcelain, Chamberlain's Factory, c. 1813–16 In European porcelain, a cabinet cup is an unusually richly decorated cup, normally with a saucer, that did not form part of a tea service but was sold singly (or in a pair) to give as a present or to collectors.
This is a Chinese Yixing tea set used to serve guest which contains the following items. A Yixing teapot; A tray to trap the wasted tea/water. Cups to drink the tea. A tea tool kit which contains the following: digger, funnel, needle, shuffle, tongs and vase. A brush to wipe the wasted tea all over the tray to create an even tea stain.
Red-mark period tea cup and saucer Puce-mark period cup and saucer. Rockingham porcelain was produced in two distinct periods: 1826–1830, the so-called red-mark period, [7] and 1831–1842, the puce-mark period. [8] As their names suggest, these periods are defined by the backstamps found on porcelain.
Cups for morning tea are conventionally larger than cups for afternoon tea. Higher quality teacups are typically made of fine white translucent porcelain and decorated with patterns. Some collectors acquire numerous one-of-a-kind cups with matching saucers. Such decorative cups may be souvenirs of a location, person, or event.
The saucer also provides a convenient place for a wet spoon, as might be used to stir the drink in the cup in order to mix sweeteners or creamers into tea or coffee. Some people pour the hot tea or coffee from the cup into the saucer; the increased surface area of the liquid exposed to the air increases the rate at which it cools, allowing the ...
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Rococo cup with saucer, circa 1753, soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelling, Vincennes porcelain. A cup is an open-top vessel (container) used to hold liquids for drinking, typically with a flattened hemispherical shape, and often with a capacity of about 100–250 millilitres (3–8 US fl oz).
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