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Your Price: $ 24.50
Item Number: 2062
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Manufacturer: Aynsley China
Lovely ornate antique or vintage tea cup and saucer made and marked by Aynsley China, England on the underside base of both pieces. White base porcelain (these pieces are translucent) or china which has a molded fluted line decor near the outer edge of the saucer and near the top rim of the cup. These pieces have a striking rich coral pink banded background color and are intricately decorated with flowers & leaves in gold. The decor is mainly on the topside of the saucer and interior of the cup. The outside of the cup is largely white with a mid-point circle of gold leaves, gold line edging (top and bottom), and gold decor on the curved upward handle.
Saucer is largely round with a slightly fluted edge from the china molding (with edge trim in gold), having a lowered or indented section in the middle for seating the cup, then flaring upwards and outwards, measuring about 5 5/8 inches diameter and sitting about 13/16 inch in height. The cup is also basically round with a fluted edge on the top (the base is simply round), and cinches in prior to flaring out slightly for the base. The curved handle is on one side. Top opening diameter of the cup is about 3 1/2 inches with a total width to the outside of the handle of 4 3/8 inches. The cup sits about 2 5/8 inches total height (to top of the handle). The two pieces together sit about 2 3/4 inches total height.
Both pieces of this teacup & saucer show the same Aynsley mark on the underside bases in a dark green, with the saucer also having some hand painted numbers in gold (1732). The mark shows a crown with "Aynsley, England, Bone China". We don't know the name of this vintage Aynsley pattern. From some internet research, Aynsley has made use of a number of mark variations over its history, with this mark appearing to be in use from 1934 to 1939, so we think these old pieces are not "newer" than 1939.
We've provided 8 images to try and show from varied angles & close-ups, including the Aynsley mark on each piece and a close-up of the decoration. The camera light causes white "hot spot" reflections on the smooth surfaces, sometimes "blands" out some of the detail, and alters the pink color of these pieces somewhat, so we've also included one image shot without the light. The rich pink color is closer to what you see in the image shot without the light, and is a very pretty medium-dark pink color in person. Please use the zoom feature to examine closely. Together these two pieces weigh about 8 1/2 ounces unpacked.
Wonderful overall vintage condition with no major chips, cracks or utensil marks. We see two very tiny flakes or very low tiny line chips in the white on the underside of the saucer along the rim but both appear glazed over so we think these were manufacturing flaws. There are also several similar tiny flakes on the underside base on which the saucer sits which could also be manufacturing flaws, we're not sure (this rim does not appear to have been fully glazed when made). There are some small scratches on the saucer but nothing bad (we think these came from cleaning/handling over the years as these pieces don't appear to have been used). While the gold line decor appears solid, if you look very closely at the flower/leaf decor in bright light the gold surfaces appear mottled or dotted in many places. We don't know if this is due to how this gold was applied (perhaps via stenciling rather than painting in lines) or if the gold bubbled in these places or perhaps this is a bit of gold wear. Unless you go looking for this, you won't notice anything with the gold, as the designs look overall fine. There are a few dots of gold smudging from the painting process (some appear slightly purple), some pin/pit dots in the porcelain, a few white dots in the pink, and other small expected age wear, but this is picking at pieces which look terrific and would display well or are ready for use.
Please Note: If you are interested in more than one cup & saucer or other items, please contact us before inputting the order. We'd be pleased to combine multiple items for shipment in one box, if possible, to save you on postage. The system won't automatically combine shipping, and will quote as if each item is shipped separately. We would be happy to provide the combined shipping costs for you. |
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