Cups

Cans with loop handle + thumb rest

Coffee cans with loop handles with thumb rests were produced by: Derby, Miles Mason and unknown makers (see also French handles).

Miles Mason

Miles Mason coffee can with loop handle with thumb rest. Neat potting, fair translucency. Shallow base recess with speckling. Foot wiped free of glaze. (aj611,h58.7, w63.9, b54.4 (60.4) handle: h15.7 (20), v31, w8.3, 6.3 t4.3)

Unknown

Coffee can with loop handle with thumb rest. Neat potting, creamy bone china body with finely crazed glaze and poor translucency. Shallow base recess with vertical sides. Foot has some glaze. Unknown. ? Factory Z group. (aj614, h59.8, w66.8, b51.3 (57.6) handle: h13.2 (17.8), v31.5, w7.6, 5.5 t4.8)

Cans with loop handles with an inner spur

Coffee cans with loop handles with an inner spur were produced by: Derby, Miles Mason (no example yet) and unknown makers.

Derby

Derby coffee can with loop handle with inner spur. Puce Derby mark on base and pattern 94 but this may be a mistake! (a120)

Bloor Derby coffee can with loop handle with thumb rest, inner spur and ridge on lower attachment. Top attachment broadly pointed. Neat potting, fair yellowish translucency. Feint, circular, red-printed Bloor Derby mark on base. (aj607, h63.6, w67.2, b52.3 (61.4) handle: h15.5 (20), v31, w8.4, 6.5 t3.6)

Unknown

Coffee can with loop handle with inner spur and pointed attachments. Neat potting, creamy bone china body with finely crazed glaze and fair translucency. Shallow base recess with vertical sides. Foot has some glaze. Unknown. (aj316, h57.6, w65.9, b51.5 (59.7) handle: h15.3 (20.3), v27.3, w6.9, 5 t4.5)

Coffee can with loop handle with inner spur and pointed attachments. Neat potting, spiral fluting with creamy body with finely crazed glaze and fair translucency. Base recess (4.6mm) with vertical sides. Foot has some glaze. Possibly Coalport. (aj215, h63.1, w70.2, b53.1 (61.9) handle: h15.4 (19), v34.2, w8.3, 6.4 t3.5)