Tea Cup Tuesday

Hello Everyone!
Welcome to another Tea Cup Tuesday!!!
Thank you all for coming by and seeing my tea cup.
Martha and I love hosting this party, and hope that you will join and show us your lovely tea cups. Make sure you stop by and she what Martha is showcasing today, her cups are gorgeous!

I have saved this cup for October, because of it is black and gold. Seemed more fitting to have it near Halloween. I have adorned it with some of our first colored maple leaves of the season. I bought this cup because it is clearly hand painted. Everyone of those Fleur de lis are done by hand. No two seem to be alike.

It has one of my favorite style of handles. It has a bit of a fancy split loop with a gilded thumb rest. I find these handles easy to use.

Amongst all the dark colors is this pretty poesy of pinks, blues, reds, yellows and greens. There is also plenty of gold trims.

I love the foot of this cup. It is scalloped and totally golden. I love it!

And here you can see that it was made by Royal Stafford, which is an English company originally called Thomas Poole. It was founded in 188o and then re-formed, with another company Gladstone China, in 1952 when it became known as Royal Stafford. The 1845 date might be alluding to the companies inception. I can only say that this cup was created after 1952. I wish I knew more, but I did not find any examples on the net about R.S. backstamps.

In a nearby little town, I found this curious situation at a lovely vintage shop decorated for fall.
He/She is sleeping peacefully.......wonder what kinds of dreams.......

Here is a full view of the store window.....I just found it so sweet and comical at the same time!
He/She is holding that birdie so gently! I wonder if He/She sleeps by that birdie sticker on the window every day?

To finish off, here is a photo of a rose at a nearby park. It is cooling off at night, but still quite warm in the day. So we have falling leaves and beautiful roses at the same time.

What a joy!

Thank you so much for joining me today. If you have a tea cup or two you would like to share with us, please make your post and then come back and fill in the two blanks below with Mr. Linky. We would love to come over and see your tea cups!
Tell us how you came to have your cup.
Tell us about the maker and what you love about it.
Hugs,
Terri