A white porcelain cup with a slightly indented gilt rim, as used on the royal yachts. There is a thin blue line around the edge, inside and out. The handle is in the shape of two twisted acanthus stems decorated with blue colour and gilding. The retailer's name 'J. WHITMAN COWES ROYAL YACHT' is inscribed on a crowned pink garter badge printed on the base with the painted pattern number '5300'.