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Tasseography Cup & Saucer.

A wide, shallow bone china cup in soft ivory, with a faint key of symbols fired into the glaze, for reading the leaves the old kitchen-table way.

$38.00

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About this product

The pot is finished, the cups are nearly empty, and someone leans over and says: let me see yours. Tea-leaf reading has always been a kitchen-table art, sociable and unhurried.

This cup is made for it. Glazed bone china, wider at the mouth than a standard teacup and shallower at the base, it holds just under 200 milliliters, enough for a strong, sediment-heavy brew. The soft ivory glaze gives the settled leaves more contrast than stark white would, and a faint key of common symbols rings the inside wall, nearly invisible until the leaves settle against it. The key is fired into the glaze rather than applied as a decal, so it will not wear away with years of washing.

Tasseography spread through Britain and Ireland alongside the tea trade itself. In folklore, the shapes left clinging to the cup, a bird, a ring, a ladder, are read by their place relative to the handle: near means soon, far means later.

Details

  • Glazed bone china cup in soft ivory, just under 200 milliliters
  • Symbol key fired into the glaze
  • Matching saucer and a short printed booklet of symbol meanings

How to use

Brew loose black tea directly in the cup, with no strainer, and drink down to the last mouthful. Swirl three times, turn the cup over onto the saucer, then read what remains.

A gentle divination, better shared over a full pot than done alone at a desk.

$38.00