Inarco Teacup and Saucer Vintage Thunderbird

This cool cup & saucer have such a unique look & style to them. Edged in gold with a gold thunderbird image on the front. Vintage but in good shape! Please see all pics if thise preloved set. Interesting note about cups with no handles: “These are known as tea bowls or sipper cups. The English began drinking tea like the Chinese, but wanted theirs served piping hot. The tea bowls were too hot to hold, so they came up with a solution – saucers! They’d actually pour their tea into the saucers to cool it before drinking. Handles weren’t commonly added to tea cups until 1810. After which, using your saucer to cool your tea became vulgar. During the time of the Boston Tea Party and the American Revolution, this is how the colonists’ tea cups would’ve looked!” From an article Belle Antiquarian Tags: Vintage Tea Party Romantic Feminine Books Library Cottage China Porcelain Gold Kitchen