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____________________________________________________________________chamekke wrote:
An elegantly frilled blue-and-white cup. This is the appropriately named "Dainty Blue" pattern by Shelley of England:
#1
A close-up of the edge of "Dainty Blue". Perhaps this is where I got my taste for blue-and-white (sometsuke) Japanese wares:
____________________________________________________________________GeekgirlUnveiled wrote: Royal Albert "Chelsea Bird" England. This is by far my favorite teacup. It is very thin, very well made, with silk smooth finish on the porcelain
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____________________________________________________________________Pentox wrote:
My plain white cup. This cup is very shallow and has a very unusual open and modern feeling to it. I love the very simple yet unusual form of this cup.
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___________________________________________________________________TIM wrote:
An Estate Sales Complete set of Roxbury England Transferware auctioned in Sag Harbor 10 yrs ago. My favorite turn-of-the Century English sets.
#5
____________________________________________________________________Trey Winston wrote:
Yes, I know what you're thinking: "Sirrah, 'tis absurd. A cup of the English variety, containing what looks suspiciously like sencha? And a teaspoon, presumably for stirring said brew? We think not. 'Tis absurd, impossible, and surely illegal. And dude, take a photography course already."
Good points. But I have my reasons for this setup.
The cup is an heirloom of indeterminate age, and I kind of like its blue-white scheme. On the bottom it says "Made in Japan", so the sencha thing is not entirely unjustified to my confused mind. Also, I have no black tea right now. And also, the saucer and cup have matching golden rims, which is never wrong.
The silver teaspoon (it is strictly speaking a c*ffee spoon) is of a locally popular design that was for many decades manufactured by a branch of my family.
I rest my case.
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Trioxin wrote:Not the greatest of photo's, but I'm feeling lazy. I've got a thing for simplicity, so nothing too fancy or frilly.
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