The teabowl and saucer are made from egg-shell porcelain and enamel paints, the stand is made from wood. The teabowl is small with a circular opening and sits on a thin circular base, the saucer is also circular with faintly raised sides, on a thin circular base. The teabowl and saucer have a white ground and are decorated with polychrome enamel paints in the style of famille rose with boarders in pink and red, with central imagery of quails next to large blue trunk and pink chrysanthemums.

The wooden stand is two parts, the base has a groove for the teabowl to sit in and the back piece has a groove for the saucer to sit in

, egg-shell porcelain, famille rose, cup decorated with flowering plants around the outside and patterned border inside rim, saucer features flowering plants in centre and patterned border with four floral medallions, with wooden stand [no mention of wooden stand on applied arts card or old ethnology cat. card], sticker on applied arts card 'W. Martin Hurst Collection 1138', both pieces recorded as fine quality' on ethnology cards