{"id":6101,"date":"2012-02-25T15:54:17","date_gmt":"2012-02-25T20:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=6101"},"modified":"2016-11-21T20:02:45","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T01:02:45","slug":"shelley-art-deco-cup-saucer-c-1930","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=6101","title":{"rendered":"Shelley Art Deco cup &#038; saucer, c.1930"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Vogue&#8221; shaped porcelain teacup in the bright yellow Sunray pattern 11742, designed by Eric Slater for Shelley and introduced in August 1930. Discontinued in 1933, due to impractically designed hard to hold cup handle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9937.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6102\" title=\"IMG_9937\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9937.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9937.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9937-300x244.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Teacup has footed conical form and measures 2-1\/2&#8242; high and the saucer is 4&#8243; in diameter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9945.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_9945\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9945.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"282\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stamped in green on the bottom: Shelley; ENGLAND; Rd 756533 with pattern number 11742-4.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9943.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6103\" title=\"IMG_9943\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9943.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9943.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9943-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A close up of one of the metal staples which was drilled through the outside of the delicate cup, holding the 2 broken pieces together.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9941.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6104\" title=\"IMG_9941\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9941.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9941.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9941-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The inside of the teacup reveals the ends of the staples flanking the crack.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9946.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6105\" title=\"IMG_9946\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9946.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9946.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9946-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This &#8220;perfect&#8221; example can be seen in the ceramics collection at the V&amp;A \u00a0Museum in London.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0180.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8500\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0180.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0180\" width=\"400\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0180.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0180-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Vogue&#8221; shaped porcelain teacup in the bright yellow Sunray pattern 11742, designed by Eric Slater for Shelley and introduced in August 1930. 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