Featured National prejudices in silver teacups

Someone needs to tell them that Hanau is not in Austria, and David Letterman isn't dead yet. I'm not gonna, but I could spend all day correcting their faux pas.

 

Just been outbid on a silver (?) teacup and saucer. The uncertainty about the material limited my ambition here.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271615754948?_trksid=p2059216.m1431.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

Colonial Indian - Kutch region. Solid silver and not unusual to be unmarked unless it was OM. Mine are 1890s or so. Scroll through the pages (CLICK IMAGES TO VIEW MORE) almost to the end. Liberty catalog...

http://www.themagazineantiques.com/articles/indian-silver-for-the-raj/

 

The pictures would not work at all, but an interesting article, as usual quick and accurate research.

 

Click on the line "CLICK IMAGE TO VIEW MORE"? See if that works?

 

Tried that, it went into a page with one picture and no way out. Probably a Flash Player problem but I've not noticed it eleswhere.

No matter.

 

Back in my heavy buying days, I had my finger on the mouse, ready to snipe a tea set - Kutch. Somewhere in the $90. range. My computer hiccupped and I missed it by one second.

 

If I ever get to London again, I'm going to spend hours playing with this guys silver...

http://www.michaelbackmanltd.com/index.html

 

I lost something like this..

 

In the three years since this thread I have managed to get hold of two more tea cups for my collection. 5 looks more like a collection than something someone has left lying around so now they adorn a shelf in the hall and get polished now and then.
Lord, was this all three years ago?

 

Maybe this is a stupid question, but how the hell do you drink tea out of silver cups??

In the few times I've actually tried to drink tea out of a metal cup, I almost invariably scalded my lips on the brim.

 

i find silver to be easier on room temperature drinks.....

 

I have a Victorian silver beaker which I keep on my desk which is now my dedicated drinking vessel.

It's great for water, great for cold tea...but I wouldn't try drinking anything HOT out of it! Yeouch!!

 

I never thought of it as difficult - I've been drinking tea from silver cups since a tadpole and from silver demi-tasse cups since I've been in long pants............and nary a slurp with either...............well, one slurp when I was still in the nursery, but the feel of the hot tea in my lap when Nanny slapped the cup from my hands cured me of THAT before it became a habit...........

and it IS difficult to think that this thread is three years old...............and I can imagine your collection has acquired some nice additions in the past three years, AF..............

 

It was nice to hear from Sue a few months ago. Or was that years too? Oh cripes, that was March before last.