I am happy to offer an older Birds Of Britain egg cup with several pink and blue colored birds, maybe a Robin, sitting on a branch laden with berries. Some people also use these as candle holders. This egg cup has an older green band round the top indicating that it is vintage piece. This flat shape has been retired for many years.

The egg cup is in excellent condition with no signs of use or wear but does have a few very hard to see and far apart lines of very clean crazing on the outside only. Very minor. Please be sure to see the full description below.


The Birds Of Britain pattern illustrations were taken from the 'Natural History Of British Birds' by Edward Donovan which was printed in 1794.

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This bird is one of several normally used as accent decoration on larger pieces.

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Size	About 3" across at the base, 2-1/2" across at the top 1-1/2" high
Transfer	Four bird transfer are found around the cup with no flaws and are nice and bright
Ground	Very white
Glaze	Very shiny glaze with no crazing on the inside of the cup. On the outside, there are a some lines of very clean crazing but are spaced far apart and are very head to see. Otherwise, I only see one pin head sized factory glaze pop on the outside which are quite common on older Portmeirion.
Chips/Cracks	None
Stains	None, even to bottom unglazed ring is quite clean
Use Marks	None
Other Comments	A hard to find Birds Of Britain retired flat egg cup with a green band and colorful accent bird!

The egg cup is fully marked with the blue-gray Donovan 1796 ID mark.

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