Alfred Meakin Cup of Knowledge Royal Marigold
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[[File:Alfred-meakin-lipton's-black-can.jpg|thumb|300px|right|a box of Lipton's tea contemporaneous with Alfred Meakin Royal Marigold tea leaf reading sets]] | [[File:Alfred-meakin-lipton's-black-can.jpg|thumb|300px|right|a box of Lipton's tea contemporaneous with Alfred Meakin Royal Marigold tea leaf reading sets]] | ||
- | Alfred Meakin, also known as A. Meakin, was one of the six British pottery companies that joined forces during the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924 - 1925 to craft [[:Category:Cup of Knowledge|"The Cup of Knowledge"]] divination tea cups and saucers. After this time, Alfred Meakin teamed with the Lipton Tea company to produce fortune telling sets and a booklet about tea leaf reading marked for Lipton's. | + | Alfred Meakin, also known as A. Meakin, was one of the six British pottery companies that joined forces during the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924 - 1925 to craft [[:Category:Cup of Knowledge|"The Cup of Knowledge"]] divination tea cups and saucers. After this time, Alfred Meakin teamed with the Lipton Tea company to produce fortune telling sets and a booklet about tea leaf reading marked for Lipton's. |
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+ | One pattern Alfred Meakin used for their Lipton [[:Category:Cup of Knowledge|"Cup of Knowledge"]] sets was known as Royal Marigold. Oddly, the flowers shown in the transfer art are not marigolds. | ||
Alfred Meakin was the only pottery of the six that produced cups and saucers on a cream-coloured clay body that was not English bone china. That is, being a lower fired ware, the pieces to not "ring like a bell." However, the rich 18 k gold embellishment and the charming pattern of the flowers (which look nothing like marigolds) makes this set quite popular with collectors. | Alfred Meakin was the only pottery of the six that produced cups and saucers on a cream-coloured clay body that was not English bone china. That is, being a lower fired ware, the pieces to not "ring like a bell." However, the rich 18 k gold embellishment and the charming pattern of the flowers (which look nothing like marigolds) makes this set quite popular with collectors. |
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Alfred Meakin, also known as A. Meakin, was one of the six British pottery companies that joined forces during the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924 - 1925 to craft "The Cup of Knowledge" divination tea cups and saucers. After this time, Alfred Meakin teamed with the Lipton Tea company to produce fortune telling sets and a booklet about tea leaf reading marked for Lipton's.
One pattern Alfred Meakin used for their Lipton "Cup of Knowledge" sets was known as Royal Marigold. Oddly, the flowers shown in the transfer art are not marigolds.
Alfred Meakin was the only pottery of the six that produced cups and saucers on a cream-coloured clay body that was not English bone china. That is, being a lower fired ware, the pieces to not "ring like a bell." However, the rich 18 k gold embellishment and the charming pattern of the flowers (which look nothing like marigolds) makes this set quite popular with collectors.
There are numerous variations to the booklet of instructions that came with this set. Paper stock and trim size are not consistent, but which run was earlier and which was later remains undocumented.