Category:Cup of Knowledge (2) Aynsley

The earliest of several variant instruction booklets supplied with the Aynsley Cup of Knowledge over the decades

This page is a guide to all Aynsley Cup of Knowledge patterns and designs manufactured from 1924 to the preseent.

Generally speaking, the patterns were applied to six different seven different cup shapes, and i have coded them accordingly in the Museum, for reference purposes.

• AA = Aynsley Small cup shape, top-marked for the Australian Pavilion at the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, London, England, dated 1924-1925
• AC = Aynsley Doris cup shape with modern C-Handle and black back-stamp
• AD = Aynsley Doris cup shape with ornate handle and green backstamp
• AJ = Aynsley Japanese cup shape
• AO = Aynsley Oban cup shape with blue backstamp
• AS = Aynsley Small cup shape with green backstamp, not top-marked
• AW = Aynsley Small cup shape with green backstamp, top-marked for the British Empire exhibition, Wembley, London, England, dated 1924-1925

These two-letter cup shape codes are followed by a two-letter code assigned to each decorative pattern of exterior ornamentation.

DIV-TLR-XXXX

catherine yronwode
curator, historian, and docent
The Mystic Tea Room

See Also

• Tea Cup Makers and Markers
• Tea Cup Names, Official and Unofficial
• Tea Cups by Style of Divination
• Nations of Origin
• Specially-Marked Commemoratives
• Design Patents