Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup
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| + | File:Wimsatt-cup-saucer.jpg|Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup and saucer set | ||
| + | File:Wimsatt-cup-interior.jpg|cup interior | ||
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| + | Designed by the suffragette, poet, historian, geographer, and political activist [[:Category:Genevieve B. Wimsatt|Genevieve B. Wimsatt]], the Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup was patented in 1929, and manufactured by the [[:Category:Canonsburg Pottery|Canonsburg Pottery]]. | ||
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| + | File:Wimsatt-cup-side-bats.jpg|Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup, side view | ||
| + | File:Wimsatt-cup-side-two-bats.jpg|Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup, cup, side view | ||
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| + | The set is both a [[:Category:Symbol Cups and Saucers|symbol cup and saucer]], replete with omens and symbols from Chinese folk-magic, such as the five bats of happiness. | ||
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| + | File:Wimsatt-saucer.jpg|saucer | ||
| + | File:Wimsatt-saucer-zodiac.jpg|saucer | ||
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| + | It is an [[:Category:Astrology Cups and Saucers|astrological cup and saucer]] because the saucer is outfitted with the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac surrounding a central tai chi symbol. | ||
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| + | File:Wimsatt-saucer-logo.jpg|saucer backstamp, version A | ||
| + | File:Wimsatt-canonsburg-backstamp-saucer.jpg|saucer backstamp, version B | ||
| + | File:Chinese-Fortune-Telling-Teacup-Booklet-Genevieve-Wimsatt.jpg|Instruction booklet. | ||
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| + | It was manufactured in two runs, with differing backstamps in 1931 and 1932. | ||
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| + | It came with an extensive and highly informative [[:Category:Tea Leaf Reading Instruction Sheets and Booklets|instruction booklet]], and each run had a different colour of paper stock on the booklet cover, the contents being otherwise identical. | ||
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| + | DIV-TLR-CTFT | ||
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| + | <i><b>catherine yronwode</b><br>curator, historian, and docent | ||
| + | <br><b>The Mystic Tea Room</b></i> | ||
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| + | ==See Also== | ||
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| + | * [[Tea Cup Makers and Markers]] | ||
| + | * [[Tea Cup Names, Official and Unofficial]] | ||
| + | * [[Types of Divination|Tea Cups by Style of Divination]] | ||
| + | * [[Nations of Origin]] | ||
| + | * [[Specially-Marked Commemoratives]] | ||
| + | * [[Design Patents]] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Genevieve B. Wimsatt]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Canonsburg Pottery]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Made in the USA]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Astrology Cups and Saucers]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Symbol Cups and Saucers]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Tea Leaf Reading Instruction Sheets and Booklets]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:40, 29 December 2023
 Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup and saucer set |
 cup interior |
Designed by the suffragette, poet, historian, geographer, and political activist Genevieve B. Wimsatt, the Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup was patented in 1929, and manufactured by the Canonsburg Pottery.
 Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup, side view |
 Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup, cup, side view |
The set is both a symbol cup and saucer, replete with omens and symbols from Chinese folk-magic, such as the five bats of happiness.
 saucer |
 saucer |
It is an astrological cup and saucer because the saucer is outfitted with the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac surrounding a central tai chi symbol.
 saucer backstamp, version A |
 saucer backstamp, version B |
 Instruction booklet. |
It was manufactured in two runs, with differing backstamps in 1931 and 1932.
It came with an extensive and highly informative instruction booklet, and each run had a different colour of paper stock on the booklet cover, the contents being otherwise identical.
DIV-TLR-CTFT
catherine yronwode
curator, historian, and docent
The Mystic Tea Room
