Bridgwood Cup of Knowledge Rockrose Cistus

From Mystic Tea Room

was one of the six that joined the consortium that built a reto-style bottle kiln at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembly in 1924 - 1925 and co-licensed the design of the. For reasons unknown to me, Bridgwood sets are less common than those by some of the other potteries.

This cup features the design of a Cistus or Rock Rose in addition to the 52 playing cards. You can tell it is a Bridgewood by its slightly "squished" looking handle, a characteristic shpe of that manufacturer.

catherine yronwode
curator, historian, and docent
The Mystic Tea Room