A HUNDRED YEAR OLD (CIRCA 1904-1924) PORCELAIN MINI CRESTED RABBIT BY ARKINSTALL & SONS ENGLAND

AN ANTIQUE HUNDRED YEAR OLD (CIRCA 1904-1924) PORCELAIN RABBIT. BY THE ENGLISH COMPANY ARKINSTALL & SONS. IT HAS THE CREST OF BUDE (a seaside town near Cornwall) in ENGLAND.
 
MARKINGS: CROWN LOGO WITH A&S STOKE ON TRENT ARCADIAN CHINA
AP LOVELL THE STRAND BUDE
 
SIZE:
7CM LONG 3CM WIDE4CM HIGH
 
CONDITION: NO CHIPS. NO CRACKS. GOOD CONDITION.
 
ARKINSTALL & SONS (1904-1924):
The Arkinstal business was set up around 1903/4 (perhaps 1900) by Harold Taylor Robinson as his first independent pottery enterprise. Arkinstall appears to have been his maternal grandmother's maiden name. Based in Wharf Street, Stoke the company were originally recorded as decorators of Arms Ware (1907 Business Reference Guide) and the manager was listed as A. A. Robinson.  
THE COMPANY USED THE TRADE NAME ARCADIAN. The Arcadian trademark used originally by Arkinstall & Son Ltd, a Stoke firm. Later, as a branch of J A Robinson & Sons, then Cauldon Limited and Coalport China Company Limited (John Rose & Company Limited). Arcadian were the largest manufacturers of British Crested China for many years.
In 1922 Arkinstall were a Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. They were known for there Arcadian Coat of Arms China (useful and ornamental). CRESTED CHINA COLLECTING BECAME A CRAZE IN VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN TIMES WHEN DAY TRIPPERS BOUGHT SMALL PORCELAIN ORNAMENTS DECORATED WITH THE COAT OF ARMS OF THE LOCALITY TO TAKE HOME AS A SOUVENIR. The Arkinstall business appears to have continued as a unit of Cauldon Potteries Ltd until 1939.
 
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