Tea Time for everyone the most beautiful Adderly delicate rose blooms. Both roses to bloom and blooming roses arepictured. gold trimmed on saucer, rimof cup as well as the handle. has a slight swirl to the outside that is just gorgeous. Just perfect for sipping or decorating your cabinet or shelf. Please take time to enlargethe photo to see the beauty of this cup and saucer. I am not liable for uninsured lost or broken packages Do NOT assume I am adding insurance for your item.. Please rememember, I will combine your shipping, for each additional lot, but you must wait for my ebay invoice before you pay!! Bear in mind that my rates are a flat fixed rate, for the entire lower 48 States only! If there is a large difference on the shipping & you have paid via Paypal, I will send you a Paypal refund of excess shipping. International quotes cannot be made until after the parcel is packed. Thank-you for your attention in reading the policy PLEASE BE SURE TO ADD INSURANCE IF YOU WANT IT !! I AM NOT LIABLE FOR ANY BROKEN OR LOST ITEMS THAT WERE UNINSURED! I accept the following forms of payment: PayPal Money Order Shipping & Handling ALL SALES ARE FINAL, NO RETURNS * WE SHIP ASAP & WILL EMAIL YOU WHEN ITEM HAS BEEN SENT My Policies We have an all sales final policy ! All items are sold as is, where is, with no returns! Our items have been used & therefore are not new Do not expect items to be in new store-like condition! Please ask all questions before you bid, no returns except for gross oversights in my description & only with my permission Following the auction, I will send you a eBay invoice, with your combined shipping costs! PLEASE NOTIFY ME WITHIN 3 DAYS,AS TO YOUR METHOD OF PAYMENT . I reserve the right to file a final value fee after 10 days & relist the item. Many thanks for understanding ! International Payments Back to Top IF you are an International bidder, I will contact you after auction ends to acknowledge that you are the winner & then when after I have your item packed & know the exact cost of shipping! ATTENTION: INTERNATIONAL BUYERS YOU MUST PAY THRU PAYPAL & WE CAN ONLY SHIP BY AIR TO A CONFIRMED ADDRESS !! NO OTHER METHOD OF PAYMENT IS ACCEPTABLE FOR INTERNATIONAL SALES!! Thank You ! Meissen of Germany is attributed as being the first European porcelain manufacturer. In 1709 Johann Friedrich Boettger finally discovered a secret that had been known to the Chinese for over 1000 years - the ability to turn a white, hard-paste into porcelain. Until then, porcelain symbolized the mysterious world of the Far East, a world that was virtually closed to European travellers and explorers. As early as the 13th century however, isolated pieces of chinese porcelain had started turning up in Europe. European craftsmen attempted to reproduce this porcelain, their efforts culminating in the development of faience and majolica - (both a softer type of ceramic, Faience is still made in Italy and Majolica was introduced to Spain by the Moors). It was at the court of Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, however where the search finally ended. The secret to making porcelain lies in firing the raw materials, kaolin, feldspar and quartz, at such a high temperature that they melt and fuse. In 1710 the production of porcelain started at Albrechtsburg Castle in Meissen and Europe's first porcelain factory was born. English porcelain makers were slower to figure out the technique, but when they did, factories shot up across the country, particularly in Staffordshire where many of them are still trading today. One of the first English porcelain factories was Chelsea - established c.1745 and nowadays a highly desirable collectors item as the original factory was sold on in 1769. Among the other famous names that were established at around the same time as Chelsea, were Bow (1744-76), Bristol (1768-81), Worcester (1754-1827) and Derby, which is still in business today under the name Royal Crown Derby, the word Royal being introduced into the name in 1890 with the permsiion of Queen Victoria. As the decades passed, new techniques for the making of porcelain were introduced but the most significant was the creation of Bone China. Bone China was developed by Josiah Spode in 1800 in England, as an inexpensive version of real porcelain. It was produced by adding the ashes from animal bones to the clay. Although Bone China is technically easier to make than porcelain and was cheaper to produce, it came to be seen as superior to porcelain because of its lighter weight and bright colours. In addition to Spode some of the most notable manufacturer's of bone china that emerged at this time were: Minton - now part of Royal Doulton, Davenport - (1793 -1887), Coalport - which became part of Wedgwood in 1967, and Worcester which in 1789 on a visit from King George III was allowed to add the word Royal to the name to become known as it is today Royal Worcester.

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