Antique J. Meir & Son England Kirkee Flow Blue Oriental Landscape Cup & Saucer

J. Meir & Son, Staffordshire England  Kirkee  Flow Blue Footed Tea Sipper Cup & Saucer Ironstone pottery Design: Blue, Multicolor Oriental Scene Maker's Mark on back of saucer - see photo Antique    Approximate Measurements  Saucer height 1.25 Saucer rim diameter 5.75 Cup height 2.5 Cup rim diameter 4  Pre-owned. Very Good for Age Some Crazing - example is center front/back of saucer Kiln tripod marks on cup and saucer Fine cracks and one crack on base of saucer that you can easily feel - see photo  Earliest form of English Tea cups are Tea bowls or sipper cups having no handles - you pour your tea into the saucers to cool it before drinking. bowls or sipper cups.  Handles weren’t commonly added to tea cups until 1810.   J. Meir & Son pottery was in operation from 1837-1897 in Tunstall, Staffordshire, England. The plate measures between 8 3/4 and 9 in diameter depending on where you measure, due to the twelve sided shape. The blue on the plate appears almost matte in some places,  looking like the glaze pooled. There is overall very fine crazing, most visible on the back of the plate, as well as a few tiny bumps and small glaze pops.