Mid-Century Modernist Gilt Tea Coffee Cups and Saucers Tennis Set - Service for 6

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Westminster Fine China created this delightful set in the modernist design Harlequin pattern. The gilt handle and rim feature a … Read more Westminster Fine China created this delightful set in the modernist design Harlequin pattern. The gilt handle and rim feature a 22-carat gold finish.
The tennis set, with its off-center placement of the cup on the saucer, offers just enough space for a petite cucumber sandwich or cookie. There is one each in pink, taupe, blue, turquoise, yellow, and grey.

Between 1958 to 1960, these chic cups and saucers could be found in the pages of Australian Womens Weekly three times. They are just as stylish today.

Westminster Fine China was started in the Melbourne, Australia, suburb of Cheltenham in 1954 by Stanley Rogers and Son Ltd. The Abbey mark (as in Westminster Abbey) and the pattern number 243 are in gold on the bottom. See less