Vintage Cup of Destiny | Fortune Telling CupIf you are interested in tasseomancy (tea leaf reading) or you just want something for your morning cuppa with a cool design, Jane Lyles Cup of Destiny is a great place to start collecting. I cant believe its vintage already She started selling these around 2001. They are pretty good facsimiles of the Nelros Cup of Fortune manufactured by Aynsley a hundred years earlier, which are much more expensive. Made of unmarked white stoneware with red and

but it seems from what I read that she died around age 6 of consumption

petite New Testament finely bound in pierced mother of pearl covers with a brown leather spine

which you would have to open the box to clean

It also retains its original stopper

and these are just perfect

Slight splitting in the middle of the skull cap but mount is stable and displays beautifully

Many of you have probably even seen this illustration before

This is the style of bottle that erroneously became known as a “tear catcher” or lachrymatory bottle

an “Atlas of Aplenflora

Winds from the bottom & plays when the lid is lifted

Very nice for that “abandoned Victorian mansion” look

Unusual size & shape with an engraved angel on the front