Shore & Coggins (John Shore & William Coggins) were located in Longton
Queen Anne was one of the trade names they used
These teacups were part of our duet set, dating from the 1960's
DLAT Rating: 10/10 (Darling, Look At This!)
These "Duet" teacups were also described as harlequin, meaning that each teacup had a pale coloured "wash" on the inside of the teacup, I have created this advertisement in a way that means you can select the colour(s) that you may want.
The matching side plate also has this pale coloured wash but the saucer DOES NOT. We have been unable to find the saucers (so far) so they are not listed at this time.
To see the QUEEN ANNE Duet, harlequin series side plates with matching colours, take a look HERE
QUEEN ANNE - Tea Cup (1) ONLY
Circa 1960's, based on the backstamp design (The Q and A in the words Queen Anne is distinctly stylised differently to the 1950's products)
Pattern name: Duet (Harlequin Series)
Translucent fine china, meaning that when it is held to the light you can easily see the shadow of your hand through the chinaware
Whether these teacups have been hand decorated is an open question. Some of the teacups have both the Gold gilder and artist's marks, a couple with just the gilder's mark and the remaining teacups with no gilder or artist marks. The artwork does look to be transferware and by the 1960's, many of the works had moved away from hand decoration.
The design, as the name suggests, is principally two large rose buds with one being White and the other Red. Surrounded by some foliage and small Blue flowers. The artwork on one side of the teacup is much more dominant than on the other side, being much smaller.
The outside of the teacup is a bright, clean White and the inside of the teacup has various pale colours with no decoration.
Gold gilding has been applied to the top scalloped rim, top and sides of the Countess handle and a wide, heavy band of Gold has been applied around the foot of the teacup.
BACKSTAMP DETAILS:
All printed in Black ...
(Crown graphic)
Queen Anne (with a stylised Q and A)
BONE CHINA
ENGLAND
DIMENSIONS:
Mouth 87mm diameter x 80mm height - note the dominant 9mm wide Gold gilded foot at the base
COSMETIC CONDITION:
This is the REALLY IMPORTANT part!
CLEAN
NO cracks at all
NO chips at all
NO discolouration or wear to the artwork decoration
NO discolouration to the external bright White porcelain
NO discolouration or uneven colouring to the inside of the teacup
NO wear or scratching observed to the Gold gilding, even the area of most use - the handle.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
These notes are specific to each colour that we have available ... while any flaw is mentioned below, we are informing you of EVERY LITTLE MARK we could see. Most would not have any concerns about these.
Lemon Yellow - no special comment
Aqua (Pale Blue/Green) - 2 small Brown dots at the base inside the teacup
Pale Blue - very light but observeable 'marks' near the top rim on the side with the smaller artwork. We have no idea what these are, they are NOT cracks or chips!
Pale Green - similar very light marks to the left of the smaller artwork. Again, we have no idea what has caused these but they are definitely NOT cracks or chips!
Pale Pink - a tiny little dot noticed inside the teacup on the 'wall' and yet again, a couple of very light marks near the top rim on the side with the smaller artwork.
Pale Lilac - no special comment
