BLUE DANUBE-BLUE ONION (c.1977+) CUP AND SAUCER(s)- RECTANGLE STAMP- EXCELLENT!

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BLUE DANUBE-BLUE ONION  (c.1977+)  CUP AND SAUCER(s)- RECTANGLE STAMP- EXCELLENT!

THE CUPS AND SAUCERS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.  THERE ARE NO CRACKS, CHIPS OR CRAZING.  THE COBALT BLUE AND MEISSEN STYLE PATTERN,  UNDER-GLAZED ON FINE TRANSLUCENT PORCELAIN,  DISPLAYS GREAT QUALITY!

THE CUPS MEASURE  4 1/4 INCHES  FROM RIM TO HANDLE END, 3 1/5 INCHES ACROSS THE RIM,  AND STAND 2 5/8 INCHES IN HEIGHT.  THE RAISED SAUCERS ARE 5 1/2 INCHES ACROSS IN DIAMETER. THE  RIMS OF BOTH ARE SCALLOPED.

WHAT AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO YOUR CUP AND SAUCER COLLECTION OR TO YOUR  BLUE DANUBE/BLUE ONION SET.  DO KEEP IN MIND THAT AS TIME GOES BY, FEWER OF THESE GREAT PIECES WILL BE AVAILABLE.

THANK YOU FOR LOOKING.

****BLUE DANUBE-BLUE ONION DINNERWARE WAS FIRST PRODUCED IN 1951 BY JAPANESE POTTERIES FOR AMERICAN IMPORTER/DISTRIBUTOR LIPPER & MANN (BECOMING LIPPER INTERNATIONAL IN 1963), DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND PARTS OF EUROPE.

*****THE BLUE ONION DESIGN IS A GROUPING OF SEVERAL FLORAL MOTIFS, WITH JAPANESE PEACHES AND POMEGRANATES ALONG THE RIM  …..  AND IN THE CENTER, STYLIZED PEONIES AND ASTERS, THEIR STEMS, IN FLOWING CURVES, WINDING AROUND A BAMBOO STALK.  MEISSEN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST IN EUROPE TO PRODUCE THIS PATTERN IN THE 1700’S.

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