{"id":8549,"date":"2016-12-04T09:46:33","date_gmt":"2016-12-04T14:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=8549"},"modified":"2017-01-21T14:41:24","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T19:41:24","slug":"minton-bute-shape-cup-c-1802","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=8549","title":{"rendered":"Minton Bute shape cup, c.1810"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This bone china Bute shape tea cup is decorated with two-tone blue flowers, puce tendrils, gilt foliage and bands. Measuring 2.25 inches high with an opening of 3.25 inches, it was made by Minton in Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, in\u00a0the early\u00a01800s. The Minton mark and pattern number 76 is handwritten in blue on the underside.<\/p>\n<p>When this delicate cup slipped from the hands of a previous owner, unusual symmetrical breaks resulted. It was most likely reassembled by an itinerant china mender in the 1800s who used nine brass staples to put\u00a0the four porcelain puzzle pieces back in place. The integration\u00a0of the\u00a0staples, along with\u00a0the\u00a0existing floral motif, create\u00a0an\u00a0unexpected\u00a0and exciting new pattern.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11677\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11677\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11677\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8419.jpg\" alt=\"img_8419\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8419.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8419-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8419-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11671\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11671\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11671\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8414.jpg\" alt=\"img_8414\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8414.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8414-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8414-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11673\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11673\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11673\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8420.jpg\" alt=\"img_8420\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8420.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8420-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8420-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11672\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11672\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11672\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8416.jpg\" alt=\"img_8416\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8416.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8416-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8416-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11674\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11674\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11674\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8422.jpg\" alt=\"img_8422\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8422.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8422-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8422-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11675\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11675\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11675\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8423.jpg\" alt=\"img_8423\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8423.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8423-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8423-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11676\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11676\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11676\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8425.jpg\" alt=\"img_8425\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8425.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8425-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8425-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This tea cup with matching saucer is shown without staples.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/minton-cup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8550\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/minton-cup.jpg\" alt=\"minton cup\" width=\"400\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/minton-cup.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/minton-cup-300x256.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worthpoint.com\">WorthPoint<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This bone china Bute shape tea cup is decorated with two-tone blue flowers, puce tendrils, gilt foliage and bands. Measuring 2.25 inches high with an opening of 3.25 inches, it was made by Minton in Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, in\u00a0the early\u00a01800s. The Minton mark and pattern number 76 is handwritten in blue on the underside. When [&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":[19,16,120],"class_list":["post-8549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cup","tag-english","tag-porcelain","tag-staplesrivets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8549","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=8549"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11860,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8549\/revisions\/11860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}