Posted 5 years ago
Jud
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Could anyone tell me anything about these small blue and white cups? One when held up to the light is almost see through while the other you cannot. Thank you.
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They could be old! If you can see through the cup it is porcelain, the other could be earthenware. They look to be hand painted too. I can’t work out if they are Chinese or English. Chinese porcelain tends to have a bluish tinge to it whereas early English porcelain tends to be whiter and warmer to the touch.(soft paste porcelain). Not much help really, but I collect cups and saucers, and still get age etc wrong.
Thank you for your comments. Although they look like a pair I wondered why one seems more dense than the other.
To answer your question, each cup is made from a different material: china/porcelain/bisque/chalk ware/clay/earthenware etc. etc.
Each cup, though looking the same, has their own different patterns. The gold rim around the base of each, is in a different place for example. They could well have been made in the same factory.