Object: Teacup

Why I think teacups are good:

- They make tea look even more delicious

- They are stylish

- They can only be used by women, unless a male wants to look extremely femine.

- They make you look and feel 'posh'

- The designs on them can be lovely

- Perfect for tea parties
- Appeared in Alice in Wonderland
- I own several antique teacups
- Being so tiny, theres space in your cuboards for more.
- The holding out of your ''pinkie' only works with a teacup. Fact.

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Facts about teacups:


- It is typically made of a ceramic material.
- It is usually part of a set, composed of a cup and a matching saucer.
- The first small cups specifically made for drinking the new beverage tea seen in Europe were exported from the Japanese portof Imari.
- There are countless designs of teacups
- The two most common varieties of tea cups are the footed and the flat. Footed cups have a small pedestal-like bottom and are typically paired with saucers. Footed tea cups fit their saucers snugly. Flat tea cups have a flat bottoms.
- The most common material teacups are made from is porcelain or ceramics

- Tea cups can be used in fortune telling, by reading tea leafs

- Tea cup is a type of pig

- Tea cups came to England through imports from China

- The very first tea cups were handless and were called tea bowls

- The Royal Doulton and Limoges make collectable tea services

- Many royals have appeared on collectable tea-ware

- There is even a renowned phrase ad occasion for the use of a teacup : Tea time

- Teacup chihuahua is a breed of dog, so tiny it fits into a teacup. Adorable.




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Words relating to teacups:

- China
- Porcelain
- Bone
- Handles
- Tea
- Tea-time
- Royal 
- Doulton
- Pig
- Dog
- Saucer
- Tea leaves
- Fortune telling
- Posh
- High class






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Opinions about teacups:


Lady Gaga: 
"I used to have tea at home with my mother everyday, you see. She hasn't got a name but she quite famous now,so I made her stay in today. I take her everywhere because she makes me feel at home. I also have a habit of drinking out of china because it makes me feel grounded. I don't think its a good life style to always be drinking out of paper, its very wasteful."


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Images of teacups:

Tea? In glass? In the shape of a teacup? 

Perfection.

Some crafty work.

I want to own you. 

Heart shapes teacups, cups of love.

Everyones remembers riding these beauties.

Royal memorabilia.

The most famous tea party.

A pig which fits in a cup. Yes please.

and a dog. Well I never.

This tea cup malarky is getting infectious. Jewellers are on board now.

Gaga for tea.

The renowned 'pinkie' being achieved.

An english tea. Cream, jam, scones and tea. Utter perfection.