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Antique Victorian "A Present" Souvenir Cup and Saucer – Green Lustre Glaze, Gold Relief Fruit, Beaded Rim, Porcelain, Germany 1890s

Item highlights

  • Materials: Porcelain
  • Vintage: From the 19th century
  • Gift wrapping: Available

Seller's description

Gold script spells "A Present" across the front in heavy Gothic lettering — a message that has not changed its meaning in a hundred and thirty years. Around it, a cluster of raised gold berries and sculpted leaves stands out from the cup wall in actual relief, thick enough to cast shadows, their surfaces coated in bright gilding that still catches light like metal.

The body beneath is covered in a celadon-green lustre glaze — a watery, opalescent wash that shifts between jade and mint as the cup turns. At the lip, a band of magenta beading sits above a second band of cobalt blue, both moulded into the porcelain like miniature pearl strings. Inside, the cup is plain white. The saucer repeats the green lustre across its full face, framing a small white centre.

This is a Victorian souvenir cup — one of tens of thousands produced in German porcelain factories, principally in Silesia and Thuringia, for the British market between roughly 1880 and 1910. They were sold at seaside resorts, awarded as prizes at fairgrounds, and carried home as gifts — the phrase "A Present" served as both label and intention. Some bore a town name; this one was left general, ready for any occasion. The exuberance of the decoration — moulded fruit, multi-colour beading, lustre glaze — packed maximum spectacle into a demitasse-sized frame. Each cup was individually hand-glazed, so no two are exactly alike.

Type: Demitasse Cup and Saucer
Maker: German (unidentified factory)
Origin: Germany
Era: Circa 1890s–1900s
Pattern: "A Present" Souvenir — Gold Relief Fruit
Shape: Straight-sided demitasse with loop handle
Size: Cup approx. 2.25" H × 3" diameter; Saucer approx. 4½" diameter
Material: Porcelain with lustre glaze
Decoration: Green lustre glaze; moulded high-relief gold berries and leaves; magenta and cobalt-blue beaded rim bands; gold Gothic script "A Present"; hand-applied gilding

Condition
Good antique condition consistent with age. Green lustre glaze present across both pieces with some thinning to saucer centre. Gold on relief berries and script remains bright. Beaded rim bands vivid. Light wear to gilding at rim edge. No chips, cracks, or repairs. Please review all photos as part of the condition record.

𓆡𓆝𓆟𓆜𓆞𓆝𓆟𓆜𓆞
𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒖𝒑𝒔 & 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏 — 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆:
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May include: A decorative teacup and saucer set. The cup features a white interior, a pink and blue rim, and gold floral accents. The saucer is light green. The set is placed on a white surface with a brown background.

Gold script spells "A Present" across the front in heavy Gothic lettering — a message that has not changed its meaning in a hundred and thirty years. Around it, a cluster of raised gold berries and sculpted leaves stands out from the cup wall in actual relief, thick enough to cast shadows, their surfaces coated in bright gilding that still catches light like metal.

The body beneath is covered in a celadon-green lustre glaze — a watery, opalescent wash that shifts between jade and mint as the cup turns. At the lip, a band of magenta beading sits above a second band of cobalt blue, both moulded into the porcelain like miniature pearl strings. Inside, the cup is plain white. The saucer repeats the green lustre across its full face, framing a small white centre.

This is a Victorian souvenir cup — one of tens of thousands produced in German porcelain factories, principally in Silesia and Thuringia, for the British market between roughly 1880 and 1910. They were sold at seaside resorts, awarded as prizes at fairgrounds, and carried home as gifts — the phrase "A Present" served as both label and intention. Some bore a town name; this one was left general, ready for any occasion. The exuberance of the decoration — moulded fruit, multi-colour beading, lustre glaze — packed maximum spectacle into a demitasse-sized frame. Each cup was individually hand-glazed, so no two are exactly alike.

Type: Demitasse Cup and Saucer
Maker: German (unidentified factory)
Origin: Germany
Era: Circa 1890s–1900s
Pattern: "A Present" Souvenir — Gold Relief Fruit
Shape: Straight-sided demitasse with loop handle
Size: Cup approx. 2.25" H × 3" diameter; Saucer approx. 4½" diameter
Material: Porcelain with lustre glaze
Decoration: Green lustre glaze; moulded high-relief gold berries and leaves; magenta and cobalt-blue beaded rim bands; gold Gothic script "A Present"; hand-applied gilding

Condition
Good antique condition consistent with age. Green lustre glaze present across both pieces with some thinning to saucer centre. Gold on relief berries and script remains bright. Beaded rim bands vivid. Light wear to gilding at rim edge. No chips, cracks, or repairs. Please review all photos as part of the condition record.

𓆡𓆝𓆟𓆜𓆞𓆝𓆟𓆜𓆞
𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒖𝒑𝒔 & 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏 — 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆:
https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/RabbitholeAntique?section_id=51141213

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