Daffodil Tea Cups

Today was a very overcast day; hard to tell one end of the day from the other, so it was a good time for getting out my two sunny yellow daffodil teacups.  Both are from England, made in the 1960's.

The use of teacups had diminished with what I call the onslaught of the mug culture in the late 60's which was full-throttle in the market by the 1970's.  Before that, thicker cups were made, tea-cup style with saucers, for restaurants, trains and other public places where hot drinks were served. These were made of thick glass, some which you can still find in Goodwill, made of green glass or white milk glass.

Some of us lived before the mug era. We remember when everyone drank from teacups, do we not? 

The first cup below, was sold at places like Woolworths and Kresges very cheaply and people in general thought they were not of good quality.  I bought them as gifts for other people and now am getting some of them back! A few years ago I began buying gifts in duplicate if I liked them. That way, it would not be such a long wait to find them in the antique shops.

When these teacups made it to the thrift stores in the 1980's they were sold for 99 cents a set and still no one wanted them. That was when a few ladies saw their value and began collecting them for using in the afternoon tea times that has swept over the US since the 1980's and is still going strong,

Daffodils are in bloom now so I brought some inside to give us sunshine.

This is an old plate that has a scratch on it, but it was made in USA, so that means it pre-dates the current sources of products, to put it politely.

I always thought it was a thrill to serve tea according to the teacup flower or color and wear an apron to match, or a tea-length dress in a coordinating print.

You can get daffodil fabric, too, below.

In my next teacup post I will try to explain how to choose a teacup to buy, old, or new, and show my favorite every day teacups I like to use.

I do not know if it was intentional, but it seems to me that The 19th century artist, Tissot painted these dresses to resemble daffodils.

Daffodils on Hiway 99 East here in Oregon

The castle teacup is from a Royal Albert series called Traditional British Songs. Here is a pictire from the web.