Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup Postcards

From Mystic Tea Room

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In this set of 12 postcards, issued in Great Britain some time between the First and Second World Wars, we have essentially a series of flash cards or teaching instructions in cup reading. These British tea leaf postcards were intended to be sent as greetings or distributed at a party, but they can also be used by fledgling tasseomancers as study cups on the way to learning a basic list of tea leaf symbols. Because the printed interpretations are so brief, i will, at a future time, add some further explanations of how they were derived.

Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Anchor at Bottom, Journey, Leaves at Rim

Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Anchor at Bottom, Little Dots

Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Anchor at Bottom, Square with Three Dots

Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Anchor at Bottom, Square with Dot at Side

Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Anchor at Rim, Mountain, Three Dots in Line

Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Mountain, Square with Dot

Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Heart. Roadway, Dots

Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Heart, Ring, Leaves at Rim

Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Ring and Triangle

Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Cat and Letter

Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Dog and Three Dots in a Line

catherine yronwode
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The Mystic Tea Room

See Also

• Tea Leaf Symbols in Art
• Tea Leaf Reading in Art
• Advertisements for Tea Leaf Reading Services
• Harry Roseland's Fortune Teller Art
• Tea Company Booklet Art
• The Ceylonese Tea-Plucker in Art