Names for shapes of tea cups?

Hey, if you ever get a book with that info, hook a brotha up.
Like, tell me what that book is, or we can do a tea book exchange :P

I believe each pottery coins their own names for their shapes. A teacup’s manufacturer is instantly recognizable just for it’s shape. The only overlap that I know of is when a company is acquired by another. For example, the “Dainty” shape is a Shelley design, but Royal Doulton/Royal Albert purchased Shelley and then started making some Royal Albert teacups in a similar (not exact) design.

This website on Royal Albert is packed with info, including cup shape names:
http://www.royalalbertpatterns.com/reference%20pages/Cup%20Shapes.htm

“Shelley Tea Ware Patterns” by Sheryl Burdess is fabulous

http://www.replacements.com/index.htm sometimes has shape names in the descriptions

Very good info on the potteries: http://www.thepotteries.org/index.htm

I realize this is an older blog, but thought I’d chime in because cup and saucers are my greatest weakness. When it comes to finding the shape names of cups/saucers, I’ve found the best thing to do is to search for the brand name + cup shapes. As Annelise mentioned, each company has its own list of shape names. This has been pretty successful for me.