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Porcelain tea cup and saucer w/ thistle design and gold rim; cream-colored background w/ purple and green thistle decoration; gilded C-shape handle on cup; moustache rest on rim. A= Cup B= Saucer
cups
saucers (plates)
glazing (coating)
painting (coating)
porcelain
tin (metal)
Christmas
floral patterns
flowers (plants)
Porcelain
Painted
Tin Glazed
Thistle
Christmas
CUP AND SAUCER
Painted on bottom: ""J.T. to R.H.T./ Xmas '84"" ""7"" Imprinted on bottom: ""MINTONS"" w/ wheel-like symbol.
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Tucker, Jane Armstrong, 1866-1964 (Painter)
Minton (Maker)
Wiscasset, ME, USA; Stoke-on-Trent, England, Staffordshire
2.5 x 5.75 (HxW), 4.25 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.362AB
Maine (United States)
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