Originality Plus Gypsy Teacup Scallop Design
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+ | <i><b>catherine yronwode</b><br>curator, historian, and docent | ||
+ | <br><b>The Mystic Tea Room</b></i> | ||
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+ | ==See Also== | ||
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+ | * [[Tea Cup Makers and Markers]] | ||
+ | * [[Tea Cup Names, Official and Unofficial]] | ||
+ | * [[Types of Divination|Tea Cups by Style of Divination]] | ||
+ | * [[Nations of Origin]] | ||
+ | * [[Specially-Marked Commemoratives]] | ||
+ | * [[Design Patents]] | ||
[[Category:Bradley Exclusives]] | [[Category:Bradley Exclusives]] |
Latest revision as of 19:56, 31 October 2020
The Gypsy Teacup by Originality Plus of Los Angeles, California is an unusual symbol cup issued in 1959, according to the copyright data on its backstamp. It was manufactured in Japan of white porcelain for an importer known as Bradley Exclusives. There are two variations, one with a free-hand scallop design around the saucer, and another with a more formal zig-zag design around the saucer. The symbols are tiny transfers, each contained within a circle; and because they are hand-placed, no two cups exactly the same. As the instruction sheet explains, due to the small size of the symbols, after noting the tea leaf patterns, one should use a chopstick to push them aside to reveal the symbols beneath. The outside of the cup has a series of words on it in an informal style of lettering. Although it is language, it does not meet the qualifications for Poetry on Cups and Saucers. Instructions were included. The saucer measures 5.75" across; the tea cup is 1.875"H and 3.75"D.
From the instruction sheet:
The Gypsy Teacup, copyright 1959
Originality Plus
92 W. 23rd. St., Los Angeles 7, Cal.
Made by Bradley Exclusives, Japan.
DIV-TLR-XXXX
catherine yronwode
curator, historian, and docent
The Mystic Tea Room