Category:Nelros
From Mystic Tea Room
Nelros was a china 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. The Nelros insignia is a stylized NR monogram that bears a passing resemblance to the "Eye of Horus" design found on ancient Egyptian amuets. All Nelros products, whether 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.
Nelros was a pioneer in the field of marked cups. While not the earliest (John Hanley, in America, beat Nelrose by six years), the Nelros Cup of Fortune was the first symbol cup plus astrology cup and the first to contain.
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.
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