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Posted 7 years ago

I am curious if anyone can tell me anything about these teacups. They have been in my china cabinet for years.

Gillian, 7 years ago
The middle one is a moustache mug: "The moustache cup (or mustache cup) is a drinking cup with a semicircular ledge inside. The ledge has a half moon-shaped opening to allow the passage of liquids and serves as a guard to keep moustaches dry. It is generally acknowledged to have been invented in the 1860s by British potter Harvey Adams (born 1835)." Courtesy ot Wikipedia. Your pink one may well be Victorian, and is interesting because it has ladies picture on it.

The last one is interesting: It's a "Made in Occupied Japan" cup and saucer. These are quite collectable. Here's a basic web page about them:
http://www.the4cs.com/~cathy/MIOJ/

Your first is a Royal Albert Crown China piece. Chintz is a popular pattern. I would urge you to just type Royal Albert etc. etc. into your search engine, and you will find a lot of information. You also have some interesting marks on the saucer,
which you might be able to find the meaning of.

Please post what you discover.

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