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Alternative Names：

• Exotic Botanical Espresso Cup Set / Chinoiserie Tea Cup Set / Floral Demitasse Set
• Pink Saucer Cup Set / Gold Rim Teacup Set / Fancy Tea Cup Gift Set
• Footed Teacup Set / Scalloped Teacup Set / Ornate Porcelain Cup Set
• 6-Person Espresso Set / Afternoon Tea Cup Set / Fine China Gift Cup Set

Main Uses：

• Six-person formal afternoon tea service — the complete footed cup-and-saucer format for a full table setting
• Espresso and demitasse coffee service — 70ml is the standard volume for a single espresso or Italian demitasse
• Premium gift set for weddings, bridal showers, Mother's Day, birthdays, and high-occasion gifting where fine china presentation is expected
• Tea ceremony and chinoiserie-themed table setting
• Display and collection — the ornate footed form and multi-colour botanical illustration make this a decorative object when not in use
• OEM private label for fine china gift importers, afternoon tea retailers, and botanical homeware brands

Key Specifications

Description

The Afternoon Tea Table as a Design Statement — Exotic Botanical Collection

The 70ml cup occupies a specific position in the history of European ceramic design. It is the demitasse — the half-cup — the form that evolved for the concentrated, unhurried service of espresso and short-brew tea in the tradition where the cup is as much a part of the ritual as what is poured into it. The Exotic Botanical Collection presents this format in twelve pieces: six footed scalloped porcelain cups and six blush pink saucers, packed in a coordinated gift box and finished with real gold at every rim.

The Botanical Illustration: Chinoiserie in Full Colour

The decoration on the cup exterior is an exotic botanical illustration in the chinoiserie tradition — the European interpretation of Asian decorative motifs that dominated fine china design from the seventeenth century onward and remains one of the most enduring and commercially resilient aesthetic directions in the gift and tableware market. The illustration covers the full exterior of each cup: tropical flowers in pink, blue, yellow, and purple rendered against a climbing vine scroll in deep green, with buds, seed pods, and hanging bell-flowers filling the composition between the larger floral elements.

The composition is deliberately unstructured — flowers appear at varying heights and angles, the vine travels across the surface without a fixed repeat, and the colour palette is richer and more varied than standard floral prints. This level of botanical complexity is the visual signal of quality in the chinoiserie category: the more intricate and multi-coloured the illustration, the more it reads as hand-crafted rather than mass-produced.

The Pink Saucer: A Chromatic Counterpoint

The saucer interior is glazed in blush pink — a colour that appears nowhere on the cup exterior. This is not an accident. The pink ground of the saucer creates a visual contrast with the white cup body when the set is placed together: the cup reads as crisp and white above the warm pink plane of the saucer, and the gold dot-and-lace border that runs around the inner edge of the saucer connects the two pieces through the shared real gold detail at cup rim and cup foot.

The Footed Scalloped Form and Real Gold

The cup body flares outward from a raised pedestal foot to a scalloped wave rim — a profile with direct reference to the Meissen and Sevres forms of eighteenth-century European fine china. The curved loop handle is proportioned for a two-finger hold appropriate to a 70ml vessel. Real gold lines at the cup rim, the foot, and the saucer border signal fine china credentials in markets where gold rim is a recognised quality indicator.

Applications

• Six-person formal afternoon tea service — complete footed cup-and-saucer format for a full table setting
• Espresso and demitasse coffee service — 70ml single espresso or short-brew concentration volume
• Premium gift set for weddings, bridal showers, Mother's Day, and high-occasion gifting in fine china
• Chinoiserie and botanical-themed tea ceremony table presentation
• Display and collection — decorative presence as fine china objects on open shelving
• OEM private label for fine china gift importers, afternoon tea retailers, and botanical homeware brands

Specifications

Competitive Advantage

• Chinoiserie botanical illustration — the multi-colour exotic floral vine scroll in the chinoiserie tradition is one of the most consistently high-performing decorative directions in the fine china gift market across European, Middle Eastern, and North American buyers; it carries heritage associations without being trend-dependent.
• Blush pink saucer as chromatic counterpoint — the pink interior saucer creates a visible colour contrast with the white cup body when placed together; the resulting table composition has a designed quality that plain-white or monochrome cup-and-saucer sets do not achieve without additional styling.
• Real gold at cup rim, foot, and saucer border — the gold detail appears at three distinct points on the set, creating a visual system rather than a single accent; in markets where real gold rim is a recognised quality signal (Middle East, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe), the three-point gold system reads as a premium-tier specification.
• 70ml demitasse volume — the correct format for Italian espresso, Turkish kahve, and formal afternoon tea service; a 70ml cup signals that the set is designed for a specific and understood drinking tradition rather than for casual daily use, which supports premium gift and occasion positioning.
• Footed scalloped cup form — the raised pedestal foot and scalloped wave rim reference the Meissen and Sevres forms of eighteenth-century European fine china; the silhouette is immediately recognisable as a fine china teacup and distinguishes the set from standard straight-sided or contemporary forms.
• Gift box with coordinated blush pink exterior — the box colour matches the saucer interior, creating a packaging-to-product colour continuity that reinforces the design intent before the box is opened; suitable for retail display and occasion gifting without additional wrapping.
• 12-piece / 6-person complete service — full cup-and-saucer pairs for six people in a single gift purchase; no additional sourcing required for a complete formal afternoon tea or espresso table setting.
• OEM with full customisation — floral pattern, saucer colour, gold detail placement, and packaging design can be adapted; accessible entry for fine china importers, afternoon tea retailers, and bridal/occasion gift brands.