Myott & Sons were one of the very old earthernware manufacturers in Staffordshire, most recogniseable for their wonderfully coloured pattern designs, particularly their Art Deco era, and later their figurine designs under the stewardship of Marcel Goldscheider.
This cup does have "family", with the saucers and coffee-tea pot advertised separately HERE
This is a demitasse cup, meaning it is much smaller than a standard cup and it comfortably holds just 2 Fluid Oz or 75mL of liquid - this is a pretty small "cuppa of tea" unless you were drinking Cha but it is far more suited for use with speciality coffee. The matching pot is also available separately and it does have characteristics of both a tea pot and coffee pot, we guess you could describe the pot as being "universal", being suitable for mini cups of tea or special coffee's such as Expresso or Turkish.
MYOTT SON & CO
Manufactured at the Alexander Potteries located in Cobridge, Stoke-On-Trent
Royal Crown was a series they began in the 1930's
We estimate the year these cups left the works to be 1930's ~ 1940's
Design: We do not know the "official" name or pattern registration number (both are not indicated on the backstamp) so we always referred to these as "The Pheasants" for obvious reasons. A pheasant was also featured in other Royal Crown patterns, specifically the Chelsea Bird pattern which is often signed by the artist A. Roberts. Actually the featured bird is more of a generic depiction, the birds were actually copies of very colourful Chinese designs imported into England. The primary scenes are surrounded by extensive "geometric like" borders and all colouring is bright and vibrant, no pastels here!
Gold gilding has been applied to the cup top rim, INSIDE the cup mouth, down the back and on the sides of the handle and two separate rings near the base.
DIMENSIONS:
62mm diameter mouth x 62mm height
Small, standard shaped handle (for a man, a "pinch grip" is often more practical when holding the cup
WEIGHT: 75g
COSMETIC CONDITION:
Please read this condition report carefully ... you are looking at earthenware which left the works almost 100 years ago and nothing but nothing is perfect after 100 years!
Besides the obvious flaws such as cracking or chips/fleabites, the primary areas that can be affected over time is the artwork colouring (or wear) and the glaze. The glaze in particular develops "cracks" due to changing environmental conditions and heat/cold. This cracking is most often referred to as crazing. Crazing can be of almost no consequence or much more serious, where the material under the glaze becomes discoloured.
This first section of the description refers to ALL of the demitasse cups we are offering ... this is followed by special notes which are relevant to just one cup.
ALL CUPS ...
CLEAN
NO cracks at all
NO chips or fleabites
NO past repairs made
NO stains (tannin or otherwise) inside the cups
SPECIFIC CUP INFORMATION:
Where we mention "spots", Oh yes we have tried to remove them gently with warm soapy water but to no avail - the spots appear to be UNDER the glaze.
The following are notes relating to each individual cup, we have arbitrarily labelled them A ~ D and identified each in the photographs for reference. Using the drop down menu on this page you can select either just one or as many of these cups as you wish to purchase.
CUP A:
Crazing is NOT evident, "best of show"
NO spots on the cream base ceramic
NO wear or damage to the hand crafted artwork
NO wear evident to the Gold gliding, particularly the handle
CUP B:
Crazing is NOT evident, "best of show"
A couple of tiny little Brown spots inside the teacup and on the cream outside
NO wear or damage to the hand artwork
NO wear evident to the Gold gliding, the top gilding on the handle is slightly different to cup A for example but looking closely this is not wear but just that "human touch"
CUP C:
Crazing (extremely light) is evident, on the handle and right down at the base - this is not extreme by any means and it takes a good hard look to see it
NO spots on the cream base ceramic
NO wear or damage to the hand artwork
NO wear evident to the Gold gliding, particularly the handle
CUP D:
Crazing (barely perceptible) is evident only near the base.
Some of those little Brown spots again, this would be the "dirtiest" of all the cups - not terrible but quite easily visible, particularly down towards the base area
NO wear or damage to the hand artwork
In our judgement, there is NO wear evident to the Gold gliding, however the top gilding on the handle is again slightly different to cup A for example and just looks to be slight differences by the gilder, not wear - that human "individual touch"
Backstamp alert! Relating to this cup D only.
While the backstamp and artist/gilder marks are all standard, for some reason Myott's have also overprinted the text MYOTT ENGLAND at a diagonal, in Lime Green. We have no idea why this one cup is different to the other backstamps although most of the saucers have this same overprinted text too.
Remember, using the drop down menu on this advertisement, you can select just one, two, three or all of these cups - your choice
Once someone has purchased a cup, it is automatically removed from the choices available in the selection menu
