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SMALL EGG CUP FROM A BREAKFAST SET

Creator(s): Shelley Potteries, Limited (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage


About this object

The breakfast set consists of two coffee pots, two creamers, two sugar bowls, one cup, two saucers, two butter plates, two breakfast plates, one cereal bowl, one medium bowl, two small bowls, one large cover, one small cover, one large egg cup, and one small egg cup. The pieces are decorated with sprays of lily of the valley against a white ground. The edges of the plates are scalloped, the sides undulate and the handles are green. There is green edging on the top and bottom of pieces.

Object name:
SMALL EGG CUP FROM A BREAKFAST SET
Made from:
Bone china
Made in:
ENGLAND: Longton, Staffordshire
Date made:
20th c.
Size:
5.1 cm (2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
26.152.23
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK underneath: FINE BONE CHINA, Shelley (in script in a shield), ENGLAND, Lily of the Valley (in script), 13822
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973