RARE ANTIQUE 1905 - 1910 AYNSLEY (JOHN AYNSLEY & SONS), LONGTON FINE PORCELAIN TEA TRIO - INDIAN TREE PATTERN
AN EXTREMELY RARE ANTIQUE AYNSLEY FINE PORCELAIN TEA TRIO IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH TEACUP, TEA PLATE AND SAUCER ALL THREE MARKED WITH AN AYNSLEY BACKSTAMP SOUGHT AFTER BY COLLECTORS DUE TO ITS USE FOR A PERIOD OF MERELY FIVE YEARS (1905 - 1910) - shop.primmandpropper.co.uk/encyclopedia/aynsley-china - A WEBSITE UPON WHICH THE BACKSTAMP IS EXPLAINED
EACH OF THE THREE MATCHING ITEMS IN THIS SPECTACULAR TEA TRIO ARE HAND PAINTED, AS THIS WAS THE AYNSLEY CUSTOM UNTIL THE EARLY 1930's. THE TEA TRIO WAS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 1905 and 1910 WITH EACH PIECE DECORATED IN THE HIGHLY POPULAR AND COLORFUL "INDIAN TREE" PATTERN. THE INDIAN TREE PATTERN WAS ORIGINALLY COPIED FROM INDIAN TEXTILE PATTERNS WHICH WERE VERY SIMILAR. THE PATTERN INCLUDES THE CROOKED BRANCH OF A TREE AND A PARTIAL LANDSCAPE WITH EXOTIC FLOWERS AND LEAVES. GREEN, BLUE, PINK AND ORANGE ARE UTILIZED. THE PATTERN WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED UPON FINE CHINA IN 1801 BY COALPORT
THE TEACUP, TEA PLATE AND SAUCER ARE ALL THREE DESIGNED WITH A GRACEFULLY SCALLOPED GOLD TRIMMED RIM AND THE TEACUP IS FITTED WITH A LOVELY GOLD TRIM VICTORIAN HANDLE
IN 1810 AYNSLEY AND Co WERE PRODUCING CHINA AT FLINT STREET IN LONGTON. JOHN AYNSLEY IS CREDITED WITH HAVING MADE LUSTERWARE POPULAR. IN 1931 QUEEN MARY BEGINS TO ORDER CHINA FROM AYNSLEY. IN 1970, SPODE, DENBYWARE AND WATERFORD GLASS ALL THREE PLACED BIDS ON TAKING OVER AYNSLEY AND THE COMPANY WAS PURCHASED BY WATERFORD AND RENAMED "AYNSLEY CHINA Ltd" IN 1987 THE AYNSLEY MANAGEMENT GROUP PURCHASE AYNSLEY CHINA Ltd FROM WATERFORD AND IN 1997 THE BELLEEK POTTERY GROUP, IRELAND, TOOK OVER THE AYNSLEY COMPANY. IN 2014 THE FACTORY FOR AYNSLEY WAS CLOSED PERMANENTLY
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : ALL THREE ITEMS ARE STAMPED UNDERNEATH - "AYNSLEY, MADE IN ENGLAND"
CONDITION : ALL THREE ITEMS ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION HAVING NO CRAZING, CRACKS, CHIPS OR DAMAGES ETC
SIZE : TEACUP - 6cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....4cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....8.2cm DIAMETER OF RIM
SAUCER - 2cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....7cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....14cm DIAMETER OF RIM
TEA PLATE - 1.5cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....11cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....17.4cm DIAMETER OF RIM
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