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Place of Origin: British
H&R Daniel Teacup Trio, Green with Flowers Patt. 4516, Rococo Revival ca 1827
By H&R Daniel
Located in London, GB
This is a rare and beautiful true trio made by H&R Daniel in about 1827. The set is potted in the "second gadroon" shape and bears pattern 4516 with a green ground and beautiful flow...
Category
1820s Rococo Revival Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
H&R Daniel Teacup Trio, Green with Flowers Patt. 4479, 2nd Gadroon, ca 1829
By H&R Daniel
Located in London, GB
This is a rare and beautiful true trio made by H&R Daniel in about 1829. The set is potted in the "second gadroon" shape and bears pattern 4479 with a green ground, gilt vines and be...
Category
1820s Rococo Revival Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Service à thé Calico Burleigh Staffordshire England décor fleurs bleues 20th
By Burgess & Leigh
Located in AIX-LES-BAINS, FR
Service à thé ou café Calico, signé Burleigh Staffordshire England à fleurs bleues. Il se compose d'une théière, un pot à lait, 8 sous tasses, 6 tasses, 2 ramequins. Le tout est en é...
Category
20th Century Other British Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Spode Porcelain Teacup Trio, Lavender Blue with Flower Sprays, Regency ca 1815
By Spode
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful "true trio" consisting of a teacup, a coffee cup and a saucer, made by Spode in about 1815. It is decorated with pattern 2234 with a striking lavender or periwinkle blue border and finely painted flower sprays.
In the late 18th and early 19th Century a "true trio" is how cups and saucers were sold; as you would never drink tea and coffee at the same time, why invest in an extra saucer?
Josiah Spode was the great pioneer among the Georgian potters in England. Around the year 1800 he perfected the bone china recipe that has been used by everyone ever since, and he was also the leading potter behind the technique of transferware, making it possible for English potters to replace the import of Chinese china that had come to an end around that time, with their own. This was fundamental to a thriving industry that would last for about 150 years and provide half the world with their tableware.
This set is made in the famous "London" shape, which was brought out by Spode in 1812 and was quickly copied by all other makers. It then remained the most popular shape for about 10 years. The set is potted in fine white porcelain - by the year 1810 Spode had perfected his recipe for bone china and it became beautifully smooth, white, thin and translucent.
All three items are marked with the red hand painted SPODE mark and the pattern number 2234.
CONDITION REPORT The set is in excellent antique condition without any damage, repairs or crazing. There is some minimal wear as visible in the pictures...
Category
1810s Regency Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Wilkinson C Dresser Novel English Sterling Silver 1871 Victorian Teapot on Stand
By Henry Wilkinson & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Wilkinson rare and novel sterling silver teapot on stand from 1871 (Victorian era), in the style of Christopher Dresser, consisting of:
- a finely engraved stand measuring 16'' in h...
Category
1870s Victorian Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
William IVth Mason’s Porcelain Desert Tureen or Sucrier Pattern 223, circa 1830
By C.J. Mason 1
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an early English porcelain Sauce Tureen or Sucrier, made by C. J. Mason (The same factory who produced Mason's Ironstone) during the period of William IVth, circa 1830-1835.
...
Category
Early 19th Century William IV Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
William IVth C J Mason’s Porcelain Milk Jug or Pitcher Pattern 223, circa 1830
By C.J. Mason 1
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an early English porcelain Milk Jug or Pitcher, made by C. J. Mason (The same factory who produced Mason's Ironstone) during the period of William IVth, circa 1830-1835.
The...
Category
Early 19th Century William IV Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
William IVth PAIR-(B) of C J Mason’s Cups & Saucers Porcelain Ptn 223, Ca 1830
By C.J. Mason 1
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an early English, PAIR of porcelain Tea Cups and Saucers, made by C. J. Mason (The same factory who produced Mason's Ironstone) during the period of William IVth, circa 1830-...
Category
Early 19th Century William IV Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
William IVth PAIR-(A) of C J Masons Cups & Saucers Porcelain Ptn 223, Ca 1830
By C.J. Mason 1
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an early English, PAIR of porcelain Tea Cups and Saucers, made by C. J. Mason (The same factory who produced Mason's Ironstone) during the period of William IVth, circa 1830-...
Category
Early 19th Century William IV Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Doulton White Blue Gold Coffee or Tea Demitasse Cup & Saucer, circa 19th C
By Royal Daulton, Davis Collamore & Co Ltd. 1
Located in New York, NY
A very special English Royal Doulton for luxury retailer Davis Collamore & Co LTD, espresso coffee or tea demitasse cup and saucer set, ci...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Gold
Liberty and Co. An Arts and Crafts six piece pewter tudric tea set
By Liberty & Co.
Located in London, GB
Liberty and Co. An Arts and Crafts six piece pewter tudric tea set, consisting of a teapot, water jug, milk, sugar and a tea strainer with base. Stamped to the base, '6, Tudric, Engl...
Category
1910s Arts and Crafts Vintage British Tea Sets
Materials
Pewter
Flight & Barr Porcelain Teacup Trio, Brown and Gilt Pattern, Georgian, 1792-1804
By Flight & Barr Worcester
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful "true trio" consisting of a teacup, a coffee cup and a saucer, made by Flight & Barr between 1792 and 1804. The items are decorated with a sohpisticated abstract-looking pattern of brown and gilt daisies playfully trailing between brown half circles set in a gilt band.
In the late 18th and early 19th century cups and saucers...
Category
1790s George III Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Large Victorian can-shaped silver teapot
By John Aldwinckle & James Slater
Located in London, GB
Late Victorian silver teapot of panelled, can-shaped form and decorated with fine hand engraving around the entire body and cover. The cover is fitted with a flush-mounted jeweller's...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique English Georgian Sterling Silver Kettle on Stand
Located in New York, NY
English Georgian sterling silver hot water kettle, 18th century. Globular with s-scroll spout and rattan-wrapped swing handle with scroll supports and mounts. Hinged and flush cover ...
Category
18th Century Georgian Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
William IV period Sterling Silver Batchelor Teapot - London 1835
By George Burrows and Richard Pierce
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1835 by George Burrows II & Richard Pearce, this handsome, William IV, Antique Sterling Silver Teapot, is round in shape, plain in style, and features shell a...
Category
1830s William IV Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
3-piece trapezoid Art Deco silver tea set
By John Round & Son Ltd. 1
Located in London, GB
Stylish three-piece Art Deco style silver tea set comprising teapot, milk jug and sugar bowl. The set's trapezoid form and simplicity of style is typical of the Art Deco era with jus...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage British Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Stylised Art Nouveau silver coffee pot
By Charles Edward Nixon
Located in London, GB
A highly stylised antique silver coffee pot in the Art Nouveau style. Made at the beginning of the 20th century, this lovely handmade and hand chased silver coffee pot, with its natu...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian British Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Neoclassical 18th Century Sterling Silver Teapot On Stand - John Denziloe 1787/8
By John Denziloe
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1787 and 1788 by John Denziloe, this handsome, George III period, Antique Sterling Silver Teapot on Stand, is in the Neoclassical style, with brightcut engrav...
Category
1780s Neoclassical Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau 3 Piece Silver Tea Set in Presentation Box - London 1902
By James Wakely & Frank Clarke Wheeler
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1902 by Wakely & Wheeler, this charming, Antique Sterling Silver Tea Set, is presented in its original box, and comprises a teapot, cream jug and sugar bowl, ...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tobacco Leaf Pattern Plate, Cup and Saucer
By Copeland & Garrett Spode
Located in New York, NY
Tobacco leaf pattern plate, cup and saucer. Copeland and Garrett tobacco leaf/cabbage leaf individual plate, coffee cup and saucer in blue, red, ...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
English Silver Tea Set Birmingham 1896 John Millwood Banks
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Antique English Silver three-piece Tea Set Birmingham 1896-7 John Millwood Banks retailed by Thornhill London. Comprising teapot, milk and sugar, oval part fluted, carved ebony wood ...
Category
19th Century Georgian Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century English Child's Teapot
By Copeland Spode
Located in Sheffield, MA
The early 20th Century English petite child's teapot is decorated around the opening with fluting as is the rim of the lid. Both pieces of the white teapot are marked "Spode Copeland...
Category
Early 20th Century Neoclassical British Tea Sets
Materials
Pottery
British Silver Plated Tea Urn Samovar 19th century Egg Shaped with Lion Heads
Located in Sweden, SE
Neoclassical shape coffee and tea urn decorated with lion heads and solid silver plating and hand chased. Tea Urn Samovar is made in the so-called “Egoist” size for very few persons ...
Category
Late 19th Century Empire Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate, Stainless Steel
Nine Antique Spode Dollar Pattern Coffee Cups, England, Circa 1820
By Spode
Located in Katonah, NY
Perfect for a double espresso!
These nine "Dollar" pattern porcelain coffee cups are decorated in the exquisite "Dollar" pattern.
Spode made this set in England circa 1820.
The decor...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Six Porcelain Bird Teacup Trios
By Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester
Located in New York, NY
Set of six porcelain bird teacup trios. Strikingly modern looking antique set of six BFB Worcester trios of six teacups and six coffee cups with six sh...
Category
Late 18th Century Empire Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Toby Tea Pot
Located in High Point, NC
19th century Toby tea pot from the Staffordshire region of England. The top is in a scalloped shape and is a brilliant cobalt color with copper lustre embellishment. It is topped w...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Tea Set 3-Piece Sterling Silver Fine Quality, Sheffield England, 1930
By Cooper Brothers & Sons
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a fine quality Sterling Silver, Art Deco period, 3-piece tea set consisting of teapot, milk jug and Sugar Bowl, made by Cooper Brothers...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco British Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
George III antique silver teapot by Hester Bateman
By Hester Bateman
Located in London, GB
Classic late George III period antique silver teapot made by acclaimed female silversmith, Hester Bateman. The teapot features her signature bead...
Category
18th Century George III Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Teacup Trio Barr Flight & Barr Maroon and Gilt Neoclassical ca 1812
By Barr, Flight & Barr Worcester
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful true trio made by Barr, Flight & Barr, consisting of a teacup, a coffee can and a saucer. The set has a deep maroon ground and a very gracious gilt neoclassical b...
Category
1810s Regency Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Derby Porcelain Tea Bowl, Artichoke Pattern in Turquoise, Georgian ca 1785
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful tea bowl and saucer made by Derby in about 1785. The set has the distinctive "artichoke" moulding and a bright turquoise ground with the white artichoke surface ...
Category
1780s George III Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Galatix Hand Made Burma Teak Tea Service Set 6 & Tray
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful vintage Mid-Century Modern Galatix hand-made Burma teak tea service set of 6 glass inserts, 6 Burma teak cup vessels, and a Burma teak serving tray....
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Tea Sets
Materials
Glass, Teak
Sterling Tea set, with stylized relief silver leaf , George Fox, London 1881.
By George Fox
Located in Paris, FR
An exquisite 3-piece tea set adorned with stylized relief silver leaf designs by George Fox, crafted in London in 1881.
This tea set is a manifestation of elegance and sophisticatio...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Tea Set, 3 pieces silver plated, 19th Century Japonism
Located in Paris, FR
An exquisite 19th-century Japanese Silver-Plated Tea Set, a true embodiment of the enchanting charm of the Meiji era, which greatly influenced English designers. This three-piece ens...
Category
19th Century Aesthetic Movement Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Faceted Teapot engraved Flowers Joseph Angell, 752g Silver, London 1841
By Joseph Angell I & John Angell I 1
Located in Paris, FR
This exceptional 19th-century antique Victorian English sterling silver teapot was crafted by Joseph Angell Sr. & Joseph Angell Jr. in London in 1841. Is a remarkable addition to any...
Category
19th Century Rococo Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
New Hall Hybrid Hard Paste Teacup, Palm Tree patt. 484, Georgian ca 1810
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful teacup and saucer made by New Hall around the year 1810. The set is decorated in the very desired but rare palm tree pattern with the number 484.
We also have a ...
Category
1810s Regency Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Queen Elizabeth II Cruise Ship Teapot, Paul Cardew, UK, 2000s
Located in Firenze, IT
Queen Elizabeth II Cruise Ship Teapot
Paul Cardew, UK, 2000s
Designed and made in England
Limited Edition and Signed, 555/5000
H 25.5 cm - 23 x 13 cm
Conditions: very good con...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Modern British Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Afternoon Tea Set, English, Bone China, Cup & Saucer, Plate, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique two-person afternoon tea set. An English, bone China cup and saucer, sandwich and cake plate duo, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Pleasingly dec...
Category
Late 18th Century Victorian Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Spode Porcelain Tea Service, Imari Tobacco Leaf Pattern 967, Georgian ca 1810
By Spode
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning tea service made by Spode in about 1810, consisting of a large teapot with cover, a milk jug, a sucrier with cover, a slop bowl, a saucer dish and 4 teacups with s...
Category
1810s Regency Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Sterling Silver Teapot
By Charles Fox II
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive 19th Century antique George IV English sterling silver teapot; an addition to our silver teaware collection
This ex...
Category
1820s George IV Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
New Hall Hybrid Hard Paste Porcelain Tea Service, Palm Tree patt. 484, ca 1810
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
This is a spectacular 17-piece tea service serving four, made by New Hall around the year 1810. The service consists of a teapot with cover on a stand, a sucrier with cover, a milk j...
Category
1810s Georgian Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique George III (1819) Sterling Silver Three Piece Tea Service
By Joseph Angell II
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Georgian English sterling silver three piece tea service/set made by Joseph Angell I; an addition to our silver teaware collections.
This...
Category
1810s Regency Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Teacup Flight Barr & Barr, Regency Imari Pattern, ca 1815 (2)
By Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester
Located in London, GB
This is a colourful teacup and saucer made by Flight Barr & Barr around the year 1815. The set is decorated with a bright Imari design in the Regency taste.
This teacup would have f...
Category
1810s Regency Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Teapot, Exclusive Silver Rococo English Mid-century Coffee Pot
Located in Hampshire, GB
An antique Art Deco tea set and silver-plated teapot beautifully designed and created suit elegant serving. With lid pressed, cast and chased vaulted lid.
Coffee pot, Height 27 cm. S...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage British Tea Sets
Materials
Sheet Metal, Sterling Silver, Silver Plate, Silver, Metal
Antique Teapot, Exclusive Silver Rococo English Mid-century Coffee Pot
Located in Hampshire, GB
An antique tea set and a silver-plated teapot that is beautifully designed and created are suitable for elegant serving. With lid pressed, cast and chased, gold gilding on the inside...
Category
1920s Rococo Vintage British Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Leaf, Sheet Metal, Sterling Silver, Silver Plate, Silver, Metal
Antique Teapot, Exclusive Silver Art Deco English Mid-century Coffee Pot
Located in Hampshire, GB
An antique Art Deco tea set and silver-plated teapot beautifully designed and created suit elegant serving. With lid pressed, cast and chased vaulted lid.
Coffee pot, Height 22 cm. S...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco British Tea Sets
Materials
Sheet Metal, Sterling Silver, Silver Plate, Silver, Metal
Spode Porcelain Teacup, Imari Tobacco Leaf Pattern 967, Regency ca 1810
By Spode
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful teacup and saucer made by Spode in about 1810. The set is decorated with the famous Imari Tobacco Leaf pattern 967, which was first introduced by Spode in 1806.
...
Category
1810s Regency Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Hester Bateman - Rare Neoclassical Saffron Pot - London 1782
By Hester Bateman
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1782 by Hester Bateman, this charming and very rare, George III period, Antique Sterling Silver Saffron Pot, stands on four feet, and features Neoclassical st...
Category
1780s Neoclassical Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Flight Worcester Teapot Set, Monochrome Print "Ruins" Pattern, Georgian ca 1790
By Flight Worcester
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful set of a teapot, a sucrier with cover, and a plate made by Worcester in its Flight period, around 1790. You can tell from the generous size of the teapot that it ...
Category
1790s George III Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Worcester Coffee Cup, Monochrome Black Print "Tea Party no.3", Georgian ca 1760
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in London, GB
This is a very charming coffee cup and saucer made by Worcester in their First Period (sometimes called the Dr Wall Period) in about 1760. The items are decorated in a black overglaz...
Category
1760s George III Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Set Consisting of Three Silver Plated Metal Coffee and Milk Jugs
Located in Marbella, ES
Set Consisting of Three Silver Plated Metal Coffee and Milk Jugs
Category
Late 20th Century British Tea Sets
Materials
Metallic Thread
Stylish Modernist Design Sterling Silver Coffee Set - John Michael Driver 1974
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1974 by John Michael Driver, this incredibly stylish, Sterling Silver Coffee Set, comprises a coffee pot, cream jug and sugar bowl,...
Category
1970s Scandinavian Modern Vintage British Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Flight Barr & Barr Teacup, Regency Imari Pattern, ca 1815
By Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester
Located in London, GB
This is a colourful teacup and saucer made by Flight Barr & Barr around the year 1815. The set is decorated with a bright Imari design in the Regency taste.
This teacup would have f...
Category
1810s Regency Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Crichton English Sterling Silver Hammered 1896 Coffee Pot in Arts & Crafts Style
By Crichton Brothers, Lionel Alfred Crichton 1
Located in New York, NY
Crichton, English sterling silver coffee pot from 1896, beautifully hand-hammered, and in Arts & Crafts style with an elegant design. It measures 10'' in height by 5 1/8'' from handl...
Category
1890s Arts and Crafts Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Spode Teacup and Saucer, Red, Gilt with White Chrysanthemum, Regency ca 1810
By Spode
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful teacup and saucer made by Spode around 1810. The set is shaped in the "bute" shape and decorated with a bright Neoclassical pattern of a warm red ground with gilt...
Category
1810s Regency Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
SAVORY And Sons - 9pc. 19th Century Victorian (British) Sterling Silver Tea Set
By Joseph & Albert Savory
Located in Wilmington, DE
Direct from a private residence in Paris, a Stunning Victorian 9pc.Sterling Silver Tea / Coffee Set by Two Internationally Renowned Silversmiths - "Savory & Sons" from London and "Od...
Category
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate, Sterling Silver
19th Century Art Nouveau English Copper & Brass Teapot Kettle
By William Soutter & Sons
Located in Pearland, TX
A lovely antique Art Nouveau style English copper and brass tea kettle or teapot by Soutter & Sons, circa 1890. This fine tea pot has a handmade copper bo...
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Brass, Copper
Antique Edwardian Quality Wedgwood Jasperware Teapot
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Edwardian quality Wedgwood Jasperware teapot having a quality silver plated lid and rim decorated in the traditional Wedgwood blue a...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian British Tea Sets
Materials
Other
Belleek Cabaret Tea Set, Cream Cob Lustre, Erne, Victorian, 1890s
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
This is an extremely rare Belleek cabaret set for two, or "tête-à-tête", made in the Erne series brought out in the 1890s. The items carry the 2nd Black Mark, used between 1891 and 1926. The set consists of a teapot, a milk jug, a sugar bowl, two teacups and saucers, and a large matching tray.
This set is very fine and with its restrained cream-white colour it would make a wonderful wedding gift!
If you ever thought Belleek fine china looks, sounds and feels unique, you are right. There is a back story to this extraordinarily fine Irish eggshell porcelain, which has an unusually high amount of "frit" and therefore is thinner and finer than any other china.
Pottery in Belleek (in the now Northern-Irish area of Fermanagh) had started in 1849 with John Caldwell Bloomfield, who was a wealthy land owner. During the Irish famine he realised that unless he would find a way for his tenants to make a profit off the land, they would starve. Agriculture had become impossible due to the agricultural diseases. This caused millions to starve and more millions to leave. As an amateur mineralogist, John Caldwell Bloomfield realised that his land had exactly the right mineral deposits to be used as clay for porcelain. He involved several investors and scientists and after many years of research, trial, error, the building of a railway line to import coal from England, and building a factory, the Belleek pottery resulted, employing the local people and soon producing the finest china made with clay from the Belleek area.
What had started as a way to fend off famine among the local tenants had became a story of incredible success by the 1880s as Queen Victoria fell in love with the fine white china and the many homely, slightly bizarre but nature-loving designs; this was different from English tradition, yet it was very much to the taste of the British who had developed a real love for home-made fine china since it was introduced in the late 18th Century. Belleek not only brought out many tea services, but started a new tradition of intricately woven porcelain baskets. Soon the English nobility started to place big orders and the pottery is still flourishing today and selling its wares the world over, while in England most potteries have long disappeared.
Belleek made many cabaret services, often called breakfast services or "tête-à-tête" services; these were used to carry breakfast tea up to the bedroom. Queen Victoria bought one in the Echinus style during a visit to the factory in the 1860s, and ever since Belleek's cabaret services have been in great demand. Nowadays there are very few of these left and it is rare to find a full service like this.
The Erne series was named after the river right besides the Belleek factory. This river forms the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, with the factory on the Northern Irish end of the bridge at Belleek. The pattern seems to be a play on the baskets and nets of the fishermen who once fished the abundant trout and salmon on the river Erne and the lake that belongs to it.
The items carry the second Black Mark, which was used between 1891 and 1926, however the very fine quality of the porcelain indicates that most pieces of the set are more likely to be from the 1890s than from the 20th Century. You will see that the shade of cob lustre is different on each item; this is normal for Belleek tea sets...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
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