Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup
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| + | File:Wimsatt-cup-saucer.jpg|Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup and saucer set | ||
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| + | File:Wimsatt-cup-side-bats.jpg|Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup, side view | ||
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| + | File:Wimsatt-cup-side-two-bats.jpg|Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup, cup, side view | ||
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| + | [[File:Wimsatt-cup-interior.jpg|thumb|300px|right|cup interior]] | ||
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| + | [[File:Wimsatt-saucer.jpg|thumb|300px|right|saucer]] | ||
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| + | [[File:Wimsatt-saucer-zodiac.jpg|thumb|300px|right|saucer]] | ||
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| + | [[File:Wimsatt-saucer-logo.jpg|thumb|300px|right|saucer backstamp, version A]] | ||
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| + | [[File:Wimsatt-canonsburg-backstamp-saucer.jpg|thumb|300px|right|saucer backstamp, version B]] | ||
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| + | [[File:Wimsatt-cup-backstamp.jpg|thumb|300px|right|cup backstamp]] | ||
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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]] in two runs (with differing backstamps and differing colours of intruction booklet) in 1931 and 1932. | ||
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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, and an [[:Category:Astrology Cups and Saucers|astrological cup and saucer]], outfitted with the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac. | ||
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| + | It came with an extensive and highly informative [[:Category:Tea Leaf Reading Instruction Sheets and Booklets|instruction booklet]]. | ||
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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]] | ||
Revision as of 19:39, 1 November 2020
 Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup and saucer set |
 Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup, side view |
 Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup, cup, side view |
Designed by the suffragette, poet, historian, geographer, and political activist, the Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup was patented in 1929, and manufactured by the Canonsburg Pottery in two runs (with differing backstamps and differing colours of intruction booklet) in 1931 and 1932.
The set is both a [{:Category:Symbol Cups and Saucers|symbol cup and saucer]], replete with omens and symbols from Chinese folk-magic, and an astrological cup and saucer, outfitted with the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac.
It came with an extensive and highly informative instruction booklet.
DIV-TLR-CTFT
catherine yronwode
curator, historian, and docent
The Mystic Tea Room
