A WW2 ERA 1939 MARKED COLCOUGH ENGLAND TRIO IN HARLEQUIN BALLET LEMON YELLOW PATTERN (4TH OF 6 TRIOS ON AUCTION THIS WEEK)

A WORLD WAR 2 ERA (1939-1945) COLCLOUGH CHINA TRIO CONSISTING OF TEACUP, SAUCER AND SQUARISH SIDEPLATE. IN THE HARLEQUIN BALLET SOFT PASTEL LEMON YELLOW PATTERN WITH WHITE BANDED BASE AND WAVY SCALLOPED GOLD GILDED RIMS.
 
The backstamp shows this particular set was produced from 1939-1945. Colclough called this the Harlequin (word harlequin describes something that has many different colours) Ballet pattern and produced this particular range in many different colours over the next few decades. The series with the backstamp 1939-1945 came in five pastel (soft) colours that I have seen: Soft Pink, Soft Blue, Soft Grey, Soft Green and a soft pastel Lemon Yellow. Partly due to World War 2 limitations in materials it has a classic look with clean lines and minimal graphics.
 
HARLEQUIN PATTERN: TRUE TO ITS NAME HARLEQUIN WHICH DESCRIBES SOMETHING THAT HAS MANY DIFFERENT COLOURS COLCLOUGH PRODUCED THIS SERIES IN MANY DIFFERENT COLOURS FROM THE 1940S TO 1966. THE COLOURS OF THE HARLEQUIN SERIES WAS MORE INTENSE WITH A BRIGHT GREEN, CYAN BLUE, CANARIE YELLOW AND MORE.
 
HARLEQUIN BALLET PATTERN: Similar to the Harlequin pattern it was produced in many different colours between 1930s and 1966. However the colours were not all over the piece and each item has a white banded base or center giving it a tip toed look of a ballet dancer. The Harlequin Ballet series were produced in the pastel softer colours as far as I can tell only before World War 2 and in the more vivid intense colours after the war into the 1960s.

MARKINGS:
Marked Colclough China, made in Longton, England, Genuine Bone China
This printed mark dates to the immediate prewar and WW2 period from 1939 to around 1945.
 
SIZE:
TEACUP: 10,5CM WIDE UP TO HANDLE 7CM HIGH 8,5CM DIAMETER
SAUCER: 14,3CM DIAMETER 2CM HIGH
SIDEPLATE: 15,5CM x 15,5CM SQUARISH 1,5CM HIGH
 
CONDITION: NO CHIPS. NO CRACKS. GOOD ANTIQUE CONDITION.
 
COLCLOUGH CHINA LTD (1937 - 1948):
In 1937 Colclough China was formed by H. J. Colclough and E. B. Shaw from the merger of the businesses of HJ Colclough (1897-1937), Thomas Morris and the Osborne China Co.
In 1944 the business was acquired by Booths Ltd (a member of the Pearson Group) and from mid-1945 the two firms operated co-operatively. In 1948 the two companies, Booths Ltd and Colclough China Ltd, formally amalgamated as Booths & Colclough Ltd. 
They on their turn became part of the Ridgways Group in 1955 and part of the Royal Doulton group in 1972. Manufacturing under the Colclough & Booths name ceased in 1996.
To summarise: H J Colclough Vale works Goddard Street, Longton Staffs 1897-1937 subsequently Colclough China Ltd 1937-1948 and Booths & Colcloughs Ltd 1948-1954 1955-onwards, part of the Ridgways Group.

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