BOOTHS !! Rare Antique 1906+ Booths Ltd Tunstall Blue Willow Tea Duo with Gold Trim

RARE ANTIQUE 1906+ BOOTHS Ltd, TUNSTALL BLUE WILLOW CERAMIC TEA DUO WITH GOLD TRIM

IN SUPERB CONDITION, THIS LOT/SET IS A COMPLETE CERAMIC BOOTHS Ltd TEA DUO MANUFACTURED DIRECTLY AFTER 1906 AND DECORATED IN THE COLLECTABLE, POPULAR AND SOUGHT AFTER BLUE WILLOW PATTERN ALONG WITH GOLD TRIM UPON BOTH THE SAUCER AND TEACUP

THE BLUE WILLOW PATTERN IS CONSIDERED THE CHINESE VERSION OF THE WESTERN ROMEO AND JULIET TALE, OF TWO YOUNG LOVERS WHO ARE NOT PERMITTED TO BE TOGETHER (BY THE YOUNG GIRLS POWERFUL FATHER) DESPITE THEIR LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER.  THE TWO THEN BECOME SWALLOWS / BIRDS AND FLEE TOGETHER WHERE THE POWERFUL OVERLORD CANNOT REACH THEM

THE BOOTHS FAMILY BUSINESS IN POTTERY WAS BEGUN BY THOMAS BOOTH IN BURSLEM DURING THE 1850's AND FROM 1868 AT THE CHURCH BANK WORKS IN TUNSTALL.  IN 1898 THE COMPANY WAS REGISTERED AS AN Ltd AND BY 1905 BOOTHS HAD BECOME A LEADING MANUFACTURER.   IN THE 1920's THE PERSON GROUP ACQUIRED AN INTEREST IN THE COMPANY AND LATER FULL OWNERSHIP YET RETAINED THE ORIGINAL NAME.  IN 1944 BOOTHS ACQUIRED COLCLOUGH CHINA Ltd AND MERGED WITH THEM IN 1948 TO BECOME BOOTHS & COLCLOUGH Ltd

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : BOTH ITEMS ARE STAMPED UNDERNEATH - "BOOTHS, SILICON CHINA, MADE IN ENGLAND"

CONDITION : BOTH THE SAUCER AND TEACUP ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO CRAZING, CRACKS, CHIPS OR DAMAGES ETC

SIZE : SAUCER - 2.5cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....5cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....14cm DIAMETER OF RIM

          TEACUP - 6cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....4.8cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....9cm DIAMETER OF RIM

ONE BID FOR BOTH ITEMS AS A LOT/DUO

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