Tea Shop Tea Reading Set
From Mystic Tea Room
The Tea Shop Tea Reading Set was originally marketed in a clear plastic box with a small box of tea inside. Its name is clearly "Tea Shop Tea Reading Set," but as soon as one opens the packaging, discards the label, and drinks the tea, all identification disappears.
Very little can be learned about this British set. The transfer designs are blue on a cream or ivory body and there are seven symbols on the saucer. The cup is plain except for a blue stripe and there are no backstamps on either the cup or saucer, leaving it unmarked. All we know is that it was made in England, probably during the 1990s or early 2000s.
The Tea Shop Tea Reading Set set came with a small instruction booklet titled "Reading Tea Leaves." The seven symbols on the saucer are:
- Five-Pointed Star
- Four-Leaf Cover
- Hour Glass, Cat
- Candle on a Stand
- Crescent Moon
- Diamond
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catherine yronwode
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The Mystic Tea Room
