ALFRED MEAKIN ENGLAND VINTAGE 1940-1960 GLO-WHITE SERIES SONATA PATTERN 19 PIECE IRONWARE TEASET

ALFRED MEAKIN ENGLAND VINTAGE 1940-1960 GLO-WHITE SERIES SONATA PATTERN GLAZED EARTHENWARE 19 PIECE TEASET

LARGE 19 PIECE TEASET BY ALFRED MEAKIN IN THE ELEGANT GLO-WHITE SERIES SONATA PATTERN. THIS SET IS VINTAGE AND WAS MADE SOMETIME BETWEEN 1940 AND 1960. THE SET INCLUDES 7 TEACUPS, 5 SAUCERS, 5 SIDEPLATES, 1 LUNCH PLATE AND 1 CREAMER.

MARKINGS OR STAMP ON BACK: GLO-WHITE ALFRED MEAKIN ENGLAND SONATA.
 
Glo-White Ironstone Series (this is NOT the pattern name, but a series that Alfred Meakin began in the late 1940's and there are MANY patterns of this particular chinaware). The pattern of this teaset is called Sonata. Alfred Meakin used the word Ironstone since the company was formed but the Glo-White Ironstone series began in the late 1940's and continued until the 1960's.
 
SIZES AND CONDITION:
MILK CREAMER 15CM WIDE FROM SPOUT TO HANDLE 8CM HIGH
7 TEACUPS 10,5CM WIDE UP TO HANDLE 7CM HIGH
5 SAUCERS 14,3CM DIAMETER 1,5CM HIGH
5 SIDE PLATES 17CM DIAMETER 1,5CM HIGH
1 LUNCH PLATES 22,7CM DIAMETER 2,0CM HIGH

CONDITION: ONE SMALL CHIP AND ONE LARGER REPAIRED CHIP ON UNDERSIDE OF TWO SAUCERS. ONE SMALL CHIP ON UNDERSIDE OF ONE SIDEPLATE. ALL OTHER PIECES. NO CHIPS. NO CRACKS. SOME GOLD GILDING LOSS ON ALL PIECES.

ALFRED MEAKIN (1875-1976):
Meakin was an English pottery manufacturing company. Alfred Meakin Ltd was set up in 1875 and operated in Tunstall England. Alfred Meakin was the brother of Jame and George Meakin who ran a large pottery company in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. Alfred Meakin died in 1904 and was succeeded by his son James who died only four years later.  Alfred John's uncle Robert Johnson bought the company for his son Stuart Johnson and it stayed in the Johnson family until 1976 when it became Myott-Meakin before becoming part of the Churchill Group. Myott-Meakin revived the use of the Alfred Meakin backstamp for bone china in 1985 but this range (some of which was manufactured in China) was discontinued late 1989/early 1990 to concentrate on earthenware production.  In 2000 production under the Meakin name ceased.

IRONSTONE:
Ironstone china, ironstone ware or most commonly just ironstone, is a type of vitreous pottery first made in the United Kingdom in the early 19th century. It is often classed as earthenware although in appearance and properties it is similar to fine stoneware. Stoneware is a rather broad term for pottery fired at a relatively high temperature. Stoneware gets its name from its stone-like qualities. There is absolutely no iron in ironstone. The name ironstone is probably due to the pieces being tougher than porcelain China. It was harder than earthenware and stronger than porcelain.

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