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VINTAGE 1948-1950's LOT / PAIR OF TWO IDENTICAL FOLEY BONE CHINA (E.BRAIN & Co Ltd), FENTON, FINE PORCELAIN TEA PLATES
DECORATED IN WHAT HAS BEEN POPULARLY KNOWN AS FOLEY'S TULIPS PATTERN, THIS LOT CONSISTS OF TWO IDENTICAL FINE PORCELAIN TEA PLATES MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 1948 and THE EARLY 1950's WHEN THIS PARTICULAR FOLEY BONE CHINA BACKSTAMP WAS IN USE. EACH TEA PLATE HAS BEEN DESIGNED WITH SCALLOPED RIM DECORATED IN A LOVELY GOLDEN SPRAY WHILE THE TULIPS PATTERN ITSELF DISPLAYS COLORFUL AND LIVELY FLORAL BOUQUETS AROUND THE SURFACE.
ELIJAH BRAIN AND PARTNERS ORIGINALLY TOOK OVER THE FIRM AT FOLEY WORKS OWNED BY ROBINSON AND CONTINUED TO TRADE UNDER THE ORIGINAL NAME UNTIL 1903 WHEN "E.BRAIN & Co" WAS USED. IN 1958 E.BRAIN ALSO TOOK OVER COALPORT CHINA Ltd AND TRANSFERRED IT TO THE FOLEY CHINA WORKS TO OPERATED UNDER FOLEY CHINA. IN 1963 PRODUCTION CONTINUED SOLELY UNDER THE COALPORT NAME
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE ITEMS ARE EACH STAMPED UNDERNEATH - "1850, EB, FOLEY BONE CHINA, MADE IN ENGLAND"
CONDITION : BOTH ITEMS ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO DAMAGES, CHIPS, CRACKS ETC.
SIZE : EACH - 2cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....8.4cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....16cm DIAMETER OF RIM
ONE BID FOR BOTH ITEMS AS A LOT
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