Welcome to the latest Tea Cup Tuesday post.
This week I have selected one of my favourites; a commemorative set from the Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, so this was her Diamond Jubilee.
I can’t recall where I bought the teacup and saucer, it might have been the local antique hot spot of the South West of Engand – Honiton.
A few years later, after buying the tea cup and saucer I saw for sale in Honiton the delightful tea pot stand and the tea pot. I remember thinking it wasn’t actually what I wanted; at the time I was looking for saucers and plates to decorate above the picture rail in our lounge, but I knew that if I didn’t get them I would regret it. I bought them and they came home with me and now live in our lounge, in a house built the year before the Jubilee in 1897.
Submitted as part of Tea Cups Tuesday hosted by Artful Affirmations
Hi I have a cup with the same picture, but it is white and a different shape.
In my family the story is that a great-great ancestor was in service at Sandringham (family come form Norfolk) and was given the cup to commemorate the jubilee.
Do you have any infromation about this set please?
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I love your commemorative tea cup, as well as the tea pot! How lucky for you to find it (even when you weren't looking for it!). I only have a few commemorative tea cups and I really treasure them. None as old as yours though.
I love going to Honiton. They have some very nice Antique shops and good tea rooms.
Thank you so much for sharing your treasures with us today.
Hugs,
Terri
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What a beautiful teacup and teapot..and such a piece of history too.
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Oh, what a unique cup….love the soft pink! Happy end of August~
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