Cup, Coffee

One coffee (or tea) cup and saucer from the dining room of the Book-Cadillac Hotel in Detroit. Both pieces are made of white glazed china. The cup has a wide circular top with rounded sides, a small circular base, and a plain curved handle that has a flat top. The exterior sides of the cup are painted with a wide dark blue band which has a narrow gold-colored stripe painted along the upper edge at the rim. A matching gold-colored stripe is painted along the lower edge of the band along with a decorative gold-colored filigree design. The handle is pale blue and has narrow gold-colored stripes painted along the center and edges. The underside of the cup is stamped with a small black oval-shaped crown/lion manufacturer's logo along with small black printed text that reads "Royal Bavarian China," and "Hutschenreuther, Selb, Bavaria."

The saucer has a plain, curved rim with a rounded outer edge. The top surface of the rim is painted dark blue with narrow gold-colored stripes painted along the outer and inner edges. In addition, the inner edge is printed with a decorative gold-colored filigree design. Also, a narrow gold-colored circular stripe is painted around the edge of the indented cup base. The underside of the saucer is stamped with a small black oval-shaped crown/lion manufacturer's logo along with small black printed text that reads "Royal Bavarian China," and "Hutschenreuther, Selb, Bavaria." The number, "7," is printed in gold-colored text the right of the manufacturer's logo. Additional small blue printed text reads "Made in 1924 for The Book Cadillac," and "Furnished by Albert Pick & Co., Chicago."