1823 – Aynsley Fortune Telling Cup and saucer
- Physical description:
- A particularly decorative version of Aynsley's Cup of Knowledge, with pretty borders of flowers and urns round both the cup and saucer. Playing card design inside cup.
- Museum classification:
- Divination
- Size:
- 53 x 125 x 95mm (cup) 140 x 25mm (saucer)
- Information:
A booklet was produced to accompany this cup. There is a copy in the museum library (Museum no. 1424, Library no. 133.3 MAC 4165).
This fortune-telling cup, made by Aynsley in the 1920s, cleverly combines the use of tea leaves and cards.
The accompanying booklet explains the symbolic meaning of the cards, and also discusses the history and philosophy of divination:-
'Some are inclined to jeer at the fortune in the tea-cup, but if the language of symbolism is rightly understood, the medium through which it is seen matters little.'
See also 1453, 1823 and 2178.
On base of cup: 'Rd No 702537'.- Resource:
- Object
- Materials:
- Ceramic (bone china)
- Copyright ownership:
- Treetrunk Ltd
A booklet was produced to accompany this cup. There is a copy in the museum library (Museum no. 1424, Library no. 133.3 MAC 4165).
This fortune-telling cup, made by Aynsley in the 1920s, cleverly combines the use of tea leaves and cards.
The accompanying booklet explains the symbolic meaning of the cards, and also discusses the history and philosophy of divination:-
'Some are inclined to jeer at the fortune in the tea-cup, but if the language of symbolism is rightly understood, the medium through which it is seen matters little.'
See also 1453, 1823 and 2178.
On base of cup: 'Rd No 702537'.