Vintage Coalport Trio

This pretty teacup trio is a Coalport

marked "manufactured for F. and C. Osler, London."

I researched the company, and it has a very

interesting and a very long history. 

I purchased this trio in a nice antique shop in 2003 in Burford, a small town

known as the "Gateway to the Cotswolds" located on the River Windrush

in Oxfordshire. 

I hesitated for a long time before purchasing because it was expensive for me,

and it has the 6-inch side plate.  However, that size plate is very typical of vintage 

English bone china teacup trios. 

The price in 2003 was about $80 American, if I recall correctly.

That was far more than the $12.50 I paid at a church sale for another trio.

Today, I enjoyed a cup of Chinese Silver Needle White Tea in this delicate teacup.

I am definitely not a master of china teacup and handle shapes.

This handle is the proper "pinch with two fingers" size.

No looping of fingers through this delicate handle. 

The photo below shows that this is a "footed" teacup.

From my reading, the Osler marking means that is an older teacup.