Made Do Hybrid: 18th C. Hand-painted Chinese Export Tea Cup with Riveted Replacement Handle tarot painting Guard the mind and the

Guard the mind and the hand

and the patina to dry wood on the other side almost as good

The letter itself begins: "It is very hot and dry down here

with lids on to keep it warm

not matched on the other side

Made Do Hybrid: 18th C. Hand-painted Chinese Export Tea Cup with Riveted Replacement Handle tarot painting Guard the mind and theI was delighted to find this one of a kind hybrid in Maine this week a late 18th century Chinese export porcelain tea cup with bird and gilded wheat sheaf, which, long long ago lost its handle and was riveted with a replacement borrowed from another. Of a kin to antique staple repaired pieces and to vessels mended with metal handles and bases, but it seems examples of porcelain handles wedded to porcelain vessels are especially rare. (Andrew Basemen's