Description:
Breakfast cup is a larger sized tea cup, circular bowl with sloping sides and applied foot rim; cup is decorated with overglaze enamels in cobalt blue and black and gilding, on the side of the cup is an oval reserve with a background of blue enamel and a field of small gilt stars, in the center are the initials "JAL" the reserve is banded in gold and the inner and outer rim of the cup is banded in gold, on the bottom of the cup is a modern label with "#735" and the label for "Somerset Rm./#735.1a/Set Lyman/Porcelain." There are some black specks on the bottom of the cup, and the gilding is very dark and dirty looking. This could be restoration or enhancement to the gilding and possible refiring. The saucer is circular in shape with shallow sides, and an excavated foot rim, the footrim is wiped clean of glaze, the top side of the saucer has similar decoration to the cup, a large oval reserve with cobalt blue enamel and gilt stars, in the center are the initials ""JAL", gilding has been retouched with "radiator" gold paint, modern label on the bottom reads, "Somerset Rm./#735.1b/ Set Lyman/Porcelain." The saucer has several hairline cracks to the rim and one chip at 4 o'clock to the rim edge. Saucer is very dirty. There is another saucer in the group that is not decorated in the same pattern, This saucer has a circular shape and shallow bowl, it is decorated in overglaze enamels in blue, orange, red, black, light green and gilding. The decoration consists of bands in orange and blue on the rim, followed inward along the rim with alternating dots of green and red enamel, around the center is a blue enamel husk border, in the center is an oval reserve with blue field and gold stars with a pair of birds on a wreath and a spray of flowers or leaves between them. The saucer shows a lot of black specks in the glaze - possible signs of later refiring. There are at least three hairline cracks to the rim and one chip to the rim edge.
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