Matching Cups, Unmatched Repairs - c. 1860s James Duke Hand-painted Porcelain Teacups with Repaired Handles 925 silver which also makes me think

which also makes me think of early distorted anamorphic images

to the cut paper

all still held taut

and everywhere they go they go

Around the perimeter is an old iron wire holding it together--one assumes added at the time it cracked along his shoulder--with a beautiful twist along one long side to keep it tight

Matching Cups, Unmatched Repairs - c. 1860s James Duke Hand-painted Porcelain Teacups with Repaired Handles 925 silver which also makes me thinkIn this case, I think two is exponentially better than one! I purchased these from a seller in England, which is where they originated hand painted porcelain teacups produced by James Duke of Hill Potteries in Burslem, Staffordshire, England c. 1860. Of course what attracted me is the repaired handles, and especially the combination of two different manners of repair, one requiring more mending than the other and each done in a slightly different way,