WONDERFUL Paragon strawberries, berries and wild roses and flowers adorn this beautiful teacup and saucer. The centers of the tea cup and saucer display the fruits and flowers trimmed with gilt pattern. Fruit and flower pattern on inside and outside of the cup, which is footed with a thick gilt layered foot and trim handle and thumb rest. Gilt trim on cup rim and saucer rim. Backstamp was used starting in 1955. Tea cup measures 4" across rim and 2 1/4" high, saucer is 5 1/2" across. The background color is a linen or cream not bright white, with painted fruits and berries and gilt decor. The cup and saucer rims are scalloped and as such the gold may be painted thinner in the grooves of some of the scallops.
|