Showing posts with label Staffordshire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Staffordshire. Show all posts

Monday, June 4, 2012

Royal Stafford Teacup

Hello Everyone,
First, I want to thank everyone who visited my "high heels" post last week. It was fun reading your comments about the wearing (and not wearing) of high heels! I most definitely prefer cute flats now, but I would love to wear heels again for a special occasion. So, if, or when, that happens - I'll share with you, I promise!

My sister and I went antiquing in a nearby town last week, where I found this vintage Royal Stafford teacup. You won't believe how much I paid for it!


It was marked $2.00, and they were having a 20% off sale, so it cost me all of $1.60 plus tax! What drew me to this cup is the shape and color of the "bowl" of the cup (which doesn't show up well in my photo...but it's a very soft, pale shade of pink.)


From my research, I found that Royal Stafford is a "brand name" of an English company from Staffordshire, England that was called Thomas Poole. The Thomas Poole Company was founded in 1880 (and formerly known as Johnson & Poole.) In 1952, the company was re-formed again and became known as Royal Stafford China. The backstamp on my cup dates it to this period, sometime after 1952.




I'll be posting photos of some of the other interesting things I saw at the antique barn later in the week. For now, I'm sharing my teacup on the Tuesday Tea Time link parties and other blogs listed below. Have a great week, everyone!

Cindy

Monday, January 9, 2012

Royal Vale Tea Set

Today I'm featuring photos of my friend's vintage Royal Vale tea set.


I think this is the perfect English tea set, with its' lovely thatched-roof cottage and flower garden scene. My friend lives in Hertfordshire, England, and knows that this set dates from at the latest the 1930s to the earliest the 1920s. It's stamped "Royal Vale, Made in England" on the back. My research of Royal Vale proved to be a bit challenging, but from what I can gather, the trademark was originally used by H.J. Colclough Vale Works (1897-1937) It eventually became part of the Ridgway Group of Potteries, located in Werrington-Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.




No matter where it was made...it looks as if it belongs here:


...or perhaps here...wouldn't you agree?

English cottage photos courtesy PicturesofEngland.com



"Life is meant to be enjoyed: sipped like a cup of tea."
Author Unknown

Until next time,
Cindy

               Teacup Tuesday at Artful Affirmations
             Teacup Tuesday at Martha's Favorites
                       A Return to Loveliness at A Delightsome Life
                    What's It Wednesday at Ivy and Elephants
               Teacup Thursday at Miss Spenser's Blog

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