BLUE DANUBE- BLUE ONION (c.1951+) LARGE CUP AND SAUCER (s)- BANNER STAMP- EXCELLENT!

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BLUE DANUBE- BLUE ONION  (c.1951+)  LARGE CUP AND SAUCER (s)- BANNER 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 5 INCHES  FROM RIM TO HANDLE END, 3 17/16 INCHES ACROSS THE RIM,  AND STAND 2 3/4 INCHES IN HEIGHT.  THE RAISED SAUCERS ARE 6 1/8 INCHES ACROSS IN DIAMETER. THE  RIMS OF BOTH ARE SCALLOPED.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LISTING PRICE IS FOR ONE CUP AND SAUCER.

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 AND FEEL FREE TO MESSAGE ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS,  REQUIRE A QUOTE ON POSTAGE, OR WOULD LIKE ME TO SEND YOU A DIRECT PAYPAL INVOICE.  I ONLY CHARGE ACTUAL POSTAGE; ANY OVERAGE WILL BE REFUNDED TO YOUR PAYPAL.

****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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