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The cup has a bracketed ring handle, and a gold line around the edge, the base, and the handle.\n\n2. the saucer, which has an indented base, is transfer printed with motifs of golden brown teddy bears playing sports: a newly bowled-out cricketer looking down at his bat, with his stumps fallen behind him as a bear who is fielding runs to catch the ball; a golfing bear raising his club to hit a ball, with another holding his bag of clubs in the background; and a roller-skating bear with two others behind him.  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