Category:Cup of Knowledge (1) Alfred Meakin

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Alfred Meakin, also known as A. Meakin,  was one of the six British pottery companies that joined forces during the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924 - 1925 to craft [[:Category:Cup of Knowledge|"The Cup of Knowledge"]] divination tea cups and saucers. After this time, Alfred Meakin teamed with the Lipton Tea company to produce fortune telling sets and a booklet about tea leaf reading marked for Lipton's.  
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Alfred Meakin, also known as A. Meakin,  was one of the six British pottery companies that joined forces during the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924 - 1925 to craft [[:Category:Cup of Knowledge|"The Cup of Knowledge"]] divination tea cups and saucers. Alfred Meakin was the only pottery of the six that produced cups and saucers on a cream-coloured clay body that was not English bone china. That is, being a lower fired ware, the pieces to not "ring like a bell."
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Alfred Meakin was the only pottery of the six that produced cups and saucers on a cream-coloured clay body that was not English bone china. That is, being a lower fired ware, the pieces to not "ring like a bell."  However, the rich 18 k gold embellishment and the charming pattern of the flowers (which look nothing like marigolds) makes this set quite popular with collectors.
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There are numerous variations to the booklet of instructions that came with this set. Paper stock and trim size are not consistent, but which run was earlier and which was later remains undocumented.
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<br><b>The Mystic Tea Room</b></i>
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==See Also==
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* [[Tea Cup Makers and Markers]]
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* [[Tea Cup Names, Official and Unofficial]]
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* [[Types of Divination|Tea Cups by Style of Divination]]
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* [[Nations of Origin]]
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* [[Specially-Marked Commemoratives]]
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* [[Design Patents]]

Latest revision as of 16:38, 25 November 2020

Alfred Meakin, also known as A. Meakin, was one of the six British pottery companies that joined forces during the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924 - 1925 to craft "The Cup of Knowledge" divination tea cups and saucers. Alfred Meakin was the only pottery of the six that produced cups and saucers on a cream-coloured clay body that was not English bone china. That is, being a lower fired ware, the pieces to not "ring like a bell."

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catherine yronwode
curator, historian, and docent
The Mystic Tea Room

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