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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValerieK, post: 8675654, member: 7360&quot;]I have been trying to find out more about this pretty covered cup, but no luck so far.&nbsp; It was described as a chocolate cup although those are usually two-handled.&nbsp; The three pieces are all marked with a Copeland &amp; Garrett mark for 1834-1847, so no mystery there.&nbsp; The problem is that it doesn&#039;t seem to be a known Copeland &amp; Garrett or Spode shape, and my searches for covered or chocolate cups turn up mainly European ones.&nbsp; There are cups made by Sevres and Meissen which have some similarities, particularly the rather fun serpent handle, oddly facing downwards rather than biting the rim (I love his grumpy expression).&nbsp; I think this may have been a specially made replacement for a broken continental cup.&nbsp; The saucer has a shallow depression in the manner of &quot;trembleuse&quot; cups.&nbsp; The really intriguing thing is that inside near the bottom are two nodules on opposite sides, just above a kind of ledge over where the base narrows.&nbsp; I think possibly there was some kind of filter resting there, as if for sediment, what do you think?&nbsp; Did chocolate produce sediment?[ATTACH=full]428753[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]428754[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]428755[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]428756[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]428757[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]428758[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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