Royal Crown Derby Mikado Blue Chinoiserie and 22kt Gold Bone China Tea Cups

Here is a collection of 6 Royal Crown Derby Mikado Blue and Gold bone china flat bottom tea or coffee cups. * Height: 2 3/8 in * Width: 3 in * Volume: 6 FlOz They are in excellent vintage / antique condition and are dated 1907 x 2, 1940 x 1, 1944 x 1, and 1949 x 2. Selling as a set but will consider offers on individual pieces if you are looking for specific dates. I have a set of 6 saucers that came with them but they do not fit the base of this cup, I believe they are for the smaller Demitasse cup so I have listed them separately. The delicate white fine bone china cup is decorated in classical chinoiserie blue and has 22kt gold painted highlights and trim. “The Mikado pattern was designed in 1894 by Royal Crown Derby’s art director, Thomas Amos Reed. It was inspired by rice paper drawings that he had obtained in the Far East. Variations of the legend associated with the pattern are many. Indeed, little imagination is needed to weave a tale with such romantic subjects as ‘Wandering Sad-Eyed Lover’, ‘The Tall Standing Pagodas of the Orient’, ‘The Flight of Cranes’, all set against a backdrop or rivers, mountains and delicate leaf tracery.“