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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tom Mackay, post: 4461582, member: 4589&quot;]Is it possible there is both a coffee pot and a teapot but one is missing its lid ? </p><p>I think this is the remnants of a larger set, however, the 2 orphan plates may be missing their cups and saucers and the bowl might be a slops bowl for teacup dregs.</p><p>From wikipedia -&quot;In Europe, a <b>slop bowl</b>, <b>slop basin</b> or waste bowl is one of the components of a traditional <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_set" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_set" rel="nofollow">tea set</a>. It was used to empty the cold tea and dregs in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_cup" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_cup" rel="nofollow">tea cups</a> before refilling with hot tea, as there were often tea leaves in the bottom of the cups.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slop_bowl#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slop_bowl#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slop_bowl#cite_note-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slop_bowl#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slop_bowl#cite_note-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slop_bowl#cite_note-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a>&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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