VINTAGE 1934 - 1939 AYNSLEY BONE CHINA ROUGE ROYALE & GOLD TEAPOT - OVAL SHAPED DESIGN - PATTERN C163
DESIGNED AND RELEASED BY AYNSLEY BONE CHINA IN THE EARLY 1930's, THIS EXQUISITE PATTERN WAS SIMPLY TITLED UNDER ITS THEN REF NO OF C163 BEFORE ITS DISCONTINUATION AT THE BEGINNING OF WW2. LATER THE PATTERN WAS CONTINUED AND A VARIETY OF OTHER RED & GOLD PATTERNS WERE PRODUCED BY AYNSLEY BONE CHINA WITH SUBTLE DIFFERENCES.
THE PATTERN DISPLAYS A WEALTH OF SPECTACULAR GOLD LEAF AND VINE MOTIFS IN SERIES ALONG THE VERGE AND LID OF THIS MAGNIFICENT TEAPOT WHICH HAS BEEN SET UPON A CREAMY PASTEL YELLOW BACKGROUND THE HANDLE IS AN ATTACHED ART DECO STYLE AND ALONG WITH A CONICAL LID FINIAL, HAS BEEN PROMINENTLY ADORNED WITH GOLD. A STANDARD BUT NOT IN ANY WAY CLASSICAL FORM HAS BEEN USED ON THE SPOUT WITH GOLD TRIM, GOLD SCROLL AND A GOLD STAR MOTIF, WHILE THE BODY AND A BAND BENEATH THE LID FINIAL IS GORGEOUS IN POPULAR ROUGE ROYALE RED
A VINTAGE TEAPOT WHICH IS NOT ONLY COMPLETELY FUNCTIONAL BUT BREATHTAKINGLY DECORATIVE AS A SHOWPIECE AS WELL, SINCE THE MAJORITY OF GOLD DECORATED PORCELAIN BY AYNSLEY BONE CHINA IS HAND GILDED
THE AYNSLEY BRAND WAS ESTABLISHED BY JOHN AYNSLEY IN 1775 AT A SMALL POTTERY IN LANE END, LATER TO BECOME LONGTON, IN STAFFORDSHIRE. JOHN WAS ALSO REPUTED TO BE AN ENAMELER AND MASTER DECORATOR AND WAS THE VERY FIRST BRITISH PORCELAIN MANUFACTURER TO SPECIALIZE IN LUSTER WARE. IN 1970 AYNSLEY WAS SO POPULAR THAT BOTH SPODE AND DENBYWARE PLACED OFFERS TO PURCHASE THE COMPANY ALTHOUGH AYNSLEY ACCEPTED AN OFFER FROM WATERFORD AND LATER THAT YEAR WATERFORD RENAMED THE COMPANY TO AYNSLEY CHINA Ltd. IN MAY 1997 AYNSLEY CHINA Ltd WAS ACQUIRED BY THE IRISH BELLEEK POTTERY GROUP
THE BACK STAMP ON THIS ITEM WAS FOR 1934 - 1939 WHEN KENNETH AYNSLEY OWNED AND RAN THE COMPANY
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE ITEM IS STAMPED UNDERNEATH - "BONE CHINA, AYNSLEY, ENGLAND"
LINKS/EXAMPLES ETC :
https://kitchendecor.club/files/aynsley-england-bone-china-marks.html
https://www.chinasearch.co.uk/aynsley/
CONDITION : THE ITEM IS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO GILT LOSS, CRACKS, CRAZING, DAMAGES, CHIPS ETC
SIZE : 10.2cm HEIGHT OF SPOUT.....12.4cm HEIGHT OF HANDLE.....12.4cm HEIGHT WITH FINIAL.....9.5cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....9.4cm by 8cm OVAL BASE.....10cm by 8.4cm OVAL RIM.....22cm TIP OF SPOUT TO BACK EDGE OF HANDLE
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