Fairylite Foreign Cup of Knowledge Green Plain
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[[File:Fairylite-box-cup.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Original boxed set of Fairylite Foreign cup, saucer, and instruction sheet for tea leaf reading]] | [[File:Fairylite-box-cup.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Original boxed set of Fairylite Foreign cup, saucer, and instruction sheet for tea leaf reading]] | ||
- | [[:Category:Fairylite Foreign|Fairylite]] was a Japanese maker of porcelain for export to Great Britain, and the pieces were marked "foreign," to signify non-English origin. The [[:Category:Cup of Knowledge|Cup of Knowledge]] made by Fairylight was an illegal knock-off or patent infringement of the original pattern from England. Specifically, this cup is a close copy of the [[Aynsley Cup of Knowledge Green | + | [[:Category:Fairylite Foreign|Fairylite]] was a Japanese maker of porcelain for export to Great Britain, and the pieces were marked "foreign," to signify non-English origin. The [[:Category:Cup of Knowledge|Cup of Knowledge]] made by Fairylight was an illegal knock-off or patent infringement of the original pattern from England. Specifically, this cup is a close copy of the [[Aynsley Cup of Knowledge Mint Green]]. |
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* Despite the attempt to closely copy a British tea cup shape, the foot of the [[:Category:Fairylite Foreign|Fairylite]] cup is amusingly Japanese, in a six-petal scallop shape. | * Despite the attempt to closely copy a British tea cup shape, the foot of the [[:Category:Fairylite Foreign|Fairylite]] cup is amusingly Japanese, in a six-petal scallop shape. | ||
- | * The [[:Category:Fairylite Foreign|Fairylite]] | + | * The [[:Category:Fairylite Foreign|Fairylite]] Mint Green Cup of Knowledge has a mustard-yellow pin-line around the center of the saucer. If it were an [[:Category:Aynsley|Aynsley]] cup, that pin-line would be gold. |
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+ | [[Category:Cup of Knowledge (6) Fairylite Foreign]] | ||
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[[Category:Cartomancy Cups and Saucers]] | [[Category:Cartomancy Cups and Saucers]] | ||
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[[Category:Tea Leaf Reading Instruction Sheets and Booklets]] | [[Category:Tea Leaf Reading Instruction Sheets and Booklets]] |
Revision as of 22:45, 24 September 2017
Fairylite was a Japanese maker of porcelain for export to Great Britain, and the pieces were marked "foreign," to signify non-English origin. The Cup of Knowledge made by Fairylight was an illegal knock-off or patent infringement of the original pattern from England. Specifically, this cup is a close copy of the Aynsley Cup of Knowledge Mint Green.
Here's how to tell them apart:
- Pieces are backstamped "Fairylite Foreign" rather than "Aynsley".
- The colour of the Fairylite clay body is slightly greyish, typical of Japanese ware, but unlike British bone china, which is a bright white.
- The quality of the transfers of the Fairylite playing cards is muddier than the English originals, with a yellowish tinge inside the cards.
- Despite the attempt to closely copy a British tea cup shape, the foot of the Fairylite cup is amusingly Japanese, in a six-petal scallop shape.
- The Fairylite Mint Green Cup of Knowledge has a mustard-yellow pin-line around the center of the saucer. If it were an Aynsley cup, that pin-line would be gold.
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