Historical Red Transferware Tea Cup & Saucer - A Century of Progress Worlds Fair - Art Institute & Abraham Lincoln gift for a tea drinker prospector's assistant

prospector's assistant

It features a pretty floral and scrolled border surrounding a bouquet of flowers with butterflies and birds

Dates to about 1949-50 It has a pretty floral pattern and scalloped border with leaves

With its lavish use of gilding

There is some crazing present

Historical Red Transferware Tea Cup & Saucer - A Century of Progress Worlds Fair - Art Institute & Abraham Lincoln gift for a tea drinker prospector's assistantVintage Red Transferware teacup and saucer set made exclusively for Marshall Fields Department stores by Johnson Brothers for a limited time in 1933 celebrating the World's Fair held in Chicago. Memorabilia for World's Fairs are extremely collectible and transferware is difficult to find. Johnson Brothers put out a full range of dinnerware commemorating the fair with each different piece depicting a different building or place in Chicago. A Century of