Category:Nelros

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A Nelros non-divination tea cup and saucer set, sometimes called a "sandwich" set, "at home" set, or "tennis" set

1904 Nelros advertisement for the "At Home" range

The original 1904 Nelros Cup of Fortune "By Royal Letters Patent" -- and without the Aynsley backstamp

A later Nelros Cup of Fortune with the Aynsley backstamp

A page from the 1904 instruction booklet for the Nelros Cup of Fortune

Nelros Good Luck Cup, demitasse "coffee can" shape

Nelros Good Luck Cup, demitasse saucer

1904 Nelros advertisement for the Good Luck range, indicating that the pottery manufacturer is Aynsley

Nelros was a china ware designer and marketer specializing in novelty ware in the era between 1900 and 1920. The name Nelros is probably a combination of two first names or surnames. All Nelros products, whetjer backstamped as such or not, were manufactured by Aynsley, and after Neros ceased business, some of the Nelros products continued to be manufactured and sold as Aynsley ware, with their transfer designs applied to regular Aynsley shapes.

In addition to two lines of divinatory and magical cups -- the Good Luck and the Cup of Fortune -- Nelros also marketed a series of delicate cup and saucer combinations in whch the saucer was extended to hold a tea cake or small sandwich. These sets, officially called "At Home" sets, but also colloquially referred to as "tennis," or "sandwich" sets, were usually decorated with floral patterns. One is shown here, despite the fact that it is not a tasseomancy set.