A) Cups with white clay body and glaze; cylindrical deep bowl with shallow foot ring; applied simple C-shaped handle; underglaze deep blue decoration of diapered band with superimposed flowers, broken by cartouche shaped reserves with flower arrangement on a stand. B) Conforming circular shallow saucer with cup ring in center; border design as above with central circular scenic reserve featuring roses on terrace overlooking river with a peacock gondola.
cups
saucers (plates)
bone china
underglazing
porcelain
cartouches (ornament)
floral patterns
gondolas (flat-bottomed watercraft)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
peafowl
rose (genus)
Bone China
Gondola
Peacock
Rose
Underglazed
Floral
Cartouche
CUP AND SAUCER
Green printed mark.
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
W. T. Copeland & Sons (Maker)
Stoke-on-Trent, England; Stoke, England, Stafforshire
2.5 x 2.875 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1310.4AB
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