Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup
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File:Wimsatt-cup-saucer.jpg|Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup and saucer set | File:Wimsatt-cup-saucer.jpg|Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup and saucer set | ||
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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]]. | + | 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 | File:Wimsatt-cup-side-two-bats.jpg|Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup, cup, side view | ||
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- | The set is both a [ | + | 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.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-saucer-logo.jpg|saucer backstamp, version A |
- | File:Wimsatt-canonsburg-backstamp-saucer.jpg|saucer backstamp, version B | + | 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. | It was manufactured in two runs, with differing backstamps in 1931 and 1932. | ||
- | 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 | + | 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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Latest revision as of 12:40, 29 December 2023
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.
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.
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.
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.
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