{"id":9888,"date":"2016-05-01T11:07:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T15:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=9888"},"modified":"2016-05-01T11:07:40","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T15:07:40","slug":"miniature-cup-with-staples-c-1910","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=9888","title":{"rendered":"Miniature cup with staples, c.1910"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the one of the smallest antiques with inventive repair I have ever seen. Made in England by the Crown Staffordshire Porcelain Co. Ltd. in the early 1900s, the cup is\u00a0a mere\u00a03\/4 inches high and the matching saucer has a diameter of just 1 inch. Both are decorated\u00a0with pink flowers on\u00a0a\u00a0cobalt and gilt ground. The cup is stamped in green on the underside CROWN above the image of a crown. The same mark is barely visible on the underside of the saucer.<\/p>\n<p>The smallest of the 3 metal staples on the cup measures a mind-boggling 1\/8 of an inch long. After the staples were applied, they were painted over to blend in\u00a0and appear less offensive.\u00a0I can only imagine the precision and skill needed to make this delicate repair.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10916\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10916\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10916\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8954.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8954\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8954.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8954-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8954-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10917\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10917\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10917\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8959.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8959\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8959.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8959-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8959-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10918\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10918\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10918\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8960.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8960\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8960.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8960-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8960-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10919\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10919\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10919\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8961.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8961\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8961.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8961-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8961-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10920\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10920\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10920\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8962.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8962\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8962.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8962-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8962-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10921\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10921\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10921\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8966.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8966\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8966.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8966-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8966-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is an entire miniature tea service also made by Crown.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0a1feae5817c08e76c57d36a0c3bd655.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9889\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0a1feae5817c08e76c57d36a0c3bd655.jpg\" alt=\"0a1feae5817c08e76c57d36a0c3bd655\" width=\"400\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0a1feae5817c08e76c57d36a0c3bd655.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0a1feae5817c08e76c57d36a0c3bd655-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\">Pinterest<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the one of the smallest antiques with inventive repair I have ever seen. Made in England by the Crown Staffordshire Porcelain Co. Ltd. in the early 1900s, the cup is\u00a0a mere\u00a03\/4 inches high and the matching saucer has a diameter of just 1 inch. Both are decorated\u00a0with pink flowers on\u00a0a\u00a0cobalt and gilt ground. 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