Tea Cup

A magnificent cup and saucer from The Fagan Service.

During the period 1830 – 1833, Christopher Sullivan Fagan ordered three services from the Spode factory: a blue and white earthenware breakfast service, a bone china dinner service, and a bone china tea and coffee service. All three services featured Spode's "Dresden Border", a stylised lambrequin design usually transfer-printed in blue, however on the tea, coffee and dinner services, the "Dresden Border" is gilt.