Fortune Teller Cup and Saucer (Knobler)

From Mystic Tea Room

Fortune Teller Cup and Saucer by Alfred E. Knobler, side view

Tea Leaf Reading Instruction for the Alfred E. Knobler Fortune Telling cup

Original Alfred E. Knobler packaging box; the cups were shipped in form-fitting styrofoam within a printed cadboard box

Alfred E. Knobler cup, seen from above

Alfred E. Knobler saucer

Alfred E. Knobler cup and saucer

Alfred E. Knobler had no backstamp, only a sticker. If the cup and saucer wre washed, off came the sticker

Alfred E. Knobler had no backstamp, only a sticker. If the cup and saucer wre washed, off came the sticker

The New Jersey importer{:Category:Alfred E. Knobler|Alfred E. Knobler]] brought to America a heavy, awkwardly painted, dull-coloured copy of the Jon Anton Taltos cup, itself an awkwardly rectininear derivative of the graveful Nelros cup of Fortune designed by Nevil Ross in 1904 and manufactured by Aynsley China.

Knobler's cup and saucer set was Made in Japan in the 1970s or 1980s, and in addition to regular retail sales, some were sold in Salem Massachusetts in connection with the Salem Witchcraft Museum. Knobler had no backstamp, only a sticker. If the cup and saucer were washed, off came the sticker. Identifiable by the greyish porcelain clay body and the blue lettering.