A French Cup for Tea Cup Tuesday!

Every Tuesday, Martha, from Martha's Favorites, and Terri from Artful Affirmations sponsor Tea Cup Tuesday.

Today is their  52nd  party!  Congratulations Martha and Terri!  When you think how many tea cups have already been shown it's mind boggling and there have been some really magnificent styles and colors from women all over blogland.

It's been awhile since Writing Straight from the Heart has participated in Tea Cup Tuesday because, well, I ran out of tea cups after showing my entire collection, which numbers a paltry 16.

Recently, however, I found a sweet cup and saucer to be passed off as being suitable for tea,  shown in today's post. I'm so happy to be able to, once again, join the par-tay!  woo hoo! (Hope nobody throws me out because it's not a tea cup per se.)

Seeing this lovely cup and saucer, I was immediately drawn to its flowery simplicity. I found it to be very appealing.  Flipping it over, it read "Longchamp" as well as made in France. It's in the Nemours pattern.

Well, because  doing research on new finds is fun, I attempted to find more information about the Longchamp Company.  What kept popping up was an extremely upscale Longchamp leather and luxury goods company established in 1948.

So the history of the Longchamp Company that makes china remains rather a mystery. It was interesting to find out, though, from Wikipedia, that there is a "Parc Longchamp," which is a city park, in Marseille, France.  It surrounds "Palais Longchamp" where visitors will find a Museum of Arts and a Natural History Museum.  The park, according to Wikipedia, is touted as a "notable garden of France." Looking at a photo of it, it appears to be lavishly opulent.

Guess what?  There's actually a town in France by the name of this cup's pattern, Nemours. It's located in north central France.  The name "Nemours" is derived from the word "woods," or, "nemora" in French.

One last note about Longchamp china. It's very pricey.  The replacement value set for today's cup and saucer is more than $39!   A dinner plate in the same pattern costs $99.95 to replace.  Wowsers.

So there you have it----my "new to me" Longchamp "Nemours patterned" cup and saucer.

DO YOU HAVE CUPS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES?