Category:Gypsy Teacup

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The Gypsy Teacup by Originality Plus; scallop design cup and saucer with instruction booklet

The Gypsy Teacup by Bradley / Originality Plus is an unusual symbol cup issued in 1959, according to the copyright data on its backstamp. There are two variations, one with a free-hand scallop design around the saucer, and another with a more formal zig-zag design around the saucer. The symbols are tiny transfers, each contained within a circle; and because they are hand-placed, no two cups exactly the same. As the instruction sheet explains, due to the small size of the symbols, after noting the tea leaf patterns, one should use a chopstick to push them aside to reveal the symbols beneath. The outside of the cup has a series of words on it in an informal style of lettering. Although it is language, it does not meet the qualifications for Poetry on Cups and Saucers.