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Portmeirion Botanic Garden Tea Cup and Saucer, Set of 6

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Portmeirion Botanic Garden Tea Cup and Saucer, Set of 6
They are considerably smaller than the set i purchased in England ... i think maybe 6 ozs rather than 12 ozs. And obviously the saucers are smaller too.

I kept the product but was greatly disappointed. The cup size should be printed, and in fact they cost more than the larger ones. The price was high in general, as i found them cheaper in a store near home.

Internet shopping learning curve for me indeed.

Portmeirion introduces and discontinues items within a line, and has done so since they introduced Botanic Garden in 1972. Even the plates, which only have six flowers at any given time have had numerous flowers offered over the years. They have downsized the tureen. Fortunately, many discontinued items can still be found if one searches hard enough.

This is a new "traditional" style tea cup in a 7oz. they are trying to come up with something more delicate than the traditional heavy stoneware. It replaces the previous 7oz romantic-traditional shape and the original drum shape tea cups. (the original tea pot was drum shape too.) They have discontinued the coffee cup that was 9oz; "Breakfast cup", 12oz (same saucer size as the gravy boat); and Latte cup, 20oz. (my daughter likes it for cereal/soup.)

I'm giving this a three only because I'm not sure if I'm going to keep them or send them back and search for the older romantic shaped, heavier stoneware (and more expensive) tea cups.

I bought two of these from Amazon and give them to my close friends as presents.
These cups are not huge and a bit pricey. But I was looking for a bit special present, it was the one. Cups are cute and precious. It may be a good idea to look at them at your local store before to make a decision.

Each cup has different flowers, all lovely. Nice size for a good cup of tea. I love the whole set.

These are beautiful dishes and they arrived promptly and in excellent condition. I love the assortment of flowers and butterflies!

I have the rest of the collection, but was using some random green mugs with it. I compared the Amazon price to that I would pay in my local shop, which would have to order them in anyway. The Amazon price was much better. They arrived and are absolutely beautiful. These tea cups now give that perfect touch of English Charm to the table!