Reading tea leaves is an age-old custom in several cultures from around the world and the Fortuitous Cup and Saucer by Molly Hatch helps provide sippers with a playful fortune.
Featuring painted pictures inside the cup and coming bundled with a set of tarot cards, the Fortuitous Cup and Saucer is modeled by Hatch after the tasseology tradition, which is the custom of reading tea leaves to help predict future events and good or bad fortune.
Designed to be a way of adding a playful touch to any cup of tea, the Fortuitous Cup and Saucer set is painted with Hatch's signature style of ceramic painting that is synonymous the age of opulence during the height of the porcelain craze making it intricate, ornate and worthy of protecting for years over of use.
Fortune Telling Tea Cups
The Fortuitous Cup and Saucer by Molly Hatch Gives Drinkers a Prediction
Trend Themes
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Industry Implications
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