Antique EJD Bodley Demitasse Cups Saucers Set of 4 Pink Gold Victorian Aesthetic

  

This is for 4 sets of antique circa 1875 porcelain espresso/demitasse cups and saucers made by Edwin J. They are beautifully decorated, with scattered pink daisy-like flowers and handpainted gold centers, reflecting the aesthetic movement in England in the lat Victorian era. The outline of the flowers and steams appear to me to be applied by transfer, and the varying shades of pink petals handpainted. Looking at an angle to the light I can see some pooling of the paint, and brush strokes.

The cups and saucers have a ribbed pattern in the porcelain that is accented with gold trim, and there is a gold on the handles, kind of like a candy cane stripe. This showed up in how they decorated china, and also in the design of furniture, houses, and more. The saucers are impressed with the name "BODLEY", which can be seen in a grid picture #12 with a light shining through the porcelain. The 7, 6664 on the bottom is the pattern number.

Edwin JD Bodley was known for making fine porcelain, his father Edward Bodley, who started the company in 1862 made earthenware and fine ironstone. The cups hold 1/4 cup, are 1 & 7/8 inches in diameter, and are 1 & 7/8 inches tall.

The saucers are 4 & 1/4 inches in diameter. One set weighs about 4.5 ounces. Picture #21 shows a cup next to a regular size teacup so you can get a good idea of their size. This lovely set of 4, is in very good antique condition with no chips or crazing, but there is some wear over the years. The cups have manufacturing imperfections on the inside, where some small bubbles formed in the porcelain when the biscuit was first fired in the kiln. (Picture 22) There is some wear to the flowers in places and some rub wear to the gold trim. I see a few light marks in the glaze of the saucers looking at an angle to the light. Two of the cups have SMALL TIGHT HAIRLINES that can be seen looking very closely. One on the upper edge of a cup (picture 23) and one near the handle on the inside of a cup, which is really hard to see, so I have a picture with a high lumen light shining through the porcelain (pictures 24 & 25).

Please zoom in on the pictures and see the 360 degree video for a closer look. Any questions, please ask and thanks for looking!