{"id":6363,"date":"2012-10-13T18:13:52","date_gmt":"2012-10-13T22:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=6363"},"modified":"2012-10-13T18:13:52","modified_gmt":"2012-10-13T22:13:52","slug":"dragons-in-compartments-cup-saucer-c-1800","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=6363","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Dragons in Compartments&#8221; cup &#038; saucer, c.1800"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This fine, lightweight porcelain cup &amp; saucer set was made in Dresden, Germany in the late 18th century. It is hand decorated with polychrome enamels and gold highlights in the wonderfully stylized &#8220;Dragons in Compartments&#8221; pattern,\u00a0also known as the &#8220;Bengal Tiger&#8221;, &#8220;Kylin&#8221; or &#8220;Bishop Sumner&#8221; pattern\u00a0. At one point in its early life, someone sipping an expresso was so scared by the fierce dragons depicted on the sides that it was dropped and broke into 3 pieces. Gathering the broken shards and somehow finding the strength to face the fierce fire breathing monsters again, the brave soul brought the broken cup to a tinker, who was able to restore it, using metal staples. The intact saucer measures 4-1\/2&#8243; in diameter and I would have much preferred if it too were repaired with staples!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3699.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6624\" title=\"IMG_3699\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3699.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3699.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3699-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This li&#8217;l dragon seems to be smoking a stogie, which is actually a metal staple keeping him in one piece.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3701.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6625\" title=\"IMG_3701\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3701.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3701.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3701-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are 8 tiny staples on the outside and one on the inside, once overpainted to mask the repair.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3702.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6626\" title=\"IMG_3702\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3702.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3702.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3702-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cup measures 2&#8243; in diameter and stands 2&#8243; high.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3704.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6627\" title=\"IMG_3704\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3704.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3704.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3704-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t this the cutest, non-threatening dragon you have ever seen? To me it looks more like a super-hero kitten\u00a0sporting a purple cape with green fringe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3709.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_3709\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3709.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both the cup and saucer are mark on the bottom in blue &#8220;Made at Dresden&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3705.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6628\" title=\"IMG_3705\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3705.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3705.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3705-300x264.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This fine, lightweight porcelain cup &amp; saucer set was made in Dresden, Germany in the late 18th century. It is hand decorated with polychrome enamels and gold highlights in the wonderfully stylized &#8220;Dragons in Compartments&#8221; pattern,\u00a0also known as the &#8220;Bengal Tiger&#8221;, &#8220;Kylin&#8221; or &#8220;Bishop Sumner&#8221; pattern\u00a0. At one point in its early life, someone sipping [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[127,16,120],"class_list":["post-6363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cup","tag-german","tag-porcelain","tag-staplesrivets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6363"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6723,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6363\/revisions\/6723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}