VINTAGE PARAGON 'FORTUNE TELLER' TEA DUO c1930's

PRICE REDUCED !!! WAS: R1750-00 NOW: R1648-00

DESCRIPTION:

An extremely rare and sought after "Signs and Omens" china tea cup and saucer,
specially made to read tea leaves. Interior decorated with the following symbols:
1) Horseshoe, 2) Ring, 3) Locomotive, 4) Bags of Money, 5) Letter, 6) Cannon,
 7) Bells, 8) Medicine Bottle, 9) Baby's Dummy, 10) Question Mark, 11) Bellows,
 12) Aeroplane, 13) Roman Numeral XXX, 14) Telephone, 15) Cupid Hearts, 16) Skull,
 17) Baby's Rattle, 18) Wine Glass, 19) House, 20) Motor Car, 21) Grave Cross,
 22) Triangle, 23) Umbrella, 24) Bunch of Grapes, 25) Axe, 26) Scales of Justice,
27) Flowers, 28) Book, 29) Butterfly, 30) Candle, 31) Playing Cards, 32) Castle,
33) Clock, 34) Shooting Star, 35) Comb, 36) Drum, 37) Eye, 38) Fish, and the
legend: Many curious things I see when telling fortunes in your tea, gilt edged rims.

MARKS:

Paragon, Royal Coat of Arms, By Appointment, Fine China, Made in England,
Registration Number 800151 for 1935 and hand written number S 2562/5 A.

CONDITION:

No chips or crazing, both cup and saucer with faint hairlines.

DIMENSIONS:

Cup approximately 10cm in diameter X 6cm in height and saucer 14cm X 2cm.