VINTAGE 1940's FINE PORCELAIN JAMES KENT Ltd TRINKET / SWEETS DISH WITH HANDLES - LA ROSA PATTERN
THE SMALL DISTRICT OF FOLEY IS VERY CLOSE TO THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY BETWEEN FENTON AND LONGTON AND JAMES KENT USED BOTH ALTERNATIVELY ON THE FIRMS MARKS AT DIFFERENT PERIODS. A FIRM OF GENERAL DOMESTIC POTTERS, OLD FOLEY, LONGTON, WAS FOUNDED BY JAMES ALOYSIUS KENT IN 1897. JAMES KENT BECAME A LIMITED COMPANY IN 1913. IN 1981 THE FIRM WAS PURCHASED BY BAYER (UK) Ltd. IN 1985/6 THE BUSINESS WAS TAKEN OVER BY ENGINEER MORRIS RUSHTON AND IN 1987 JAMES KENT Ltd BECAME PART OF COUNTY POTTERIES PLC. IN 1989 COUNTY POTTERIES WAS RENAMED CARLTON & KENT BUT SHORTLY THEREAFTER WENT INTO RECEIVERSHIP AND THE KENT POTTERY PART WAS PURCHASED BY HADIDA FINE BONE CHINA Ltd AND WAS RENAMED JAMES KENT Ltd IN 1989. THE COMPANY CLOSED PERMANENTLY IN 2008
THIS INTRICATE ITEM IS A SQUARE SHAPED FINE PORCELAIN TRINKETS OR SWEETS/BONBON DISH WITH A SCALLOPED RIM AND HANDLES. THE DISH WAS MANUFACTURED BY JAMES KENT Ltd DURING THE 1940's AND IS DECORATED IN THE KENT "LA ROSA" PATTERN WHICH DISPLAYS A SERIES OF DEEP RED ROSE BOUQUETS ALONG THE FLUTED VERGE AND A LARGER BOUQUET IN THE CENTER. GOLD TRIM ON THE RIM AND GORGEOUS GOLD SPRAY ON THE HANDLES COMPLETES THIS LOVELY DECORATIVE ITEM
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE DISH IS STAMPED UNDERNEATH - "JAMES KENT Ltd, LONGTON, MADE IN ENGLAND, "LA ROSA", 4022"
LINKS/EXAMPLES ETC : SIMILAR ITEMS BY JAMES KENT Ltd
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CONDITION : BESIDES AGE RELATED CRAZING AND A REPAIRED (PAINTED) CHIP ON ONE CORNER, THE DISH IS WITHOUT OTHER CHIPS, CRACKS OR DAMAGES ETC
SIZE : 3.7cm HEIGHT.....7.4cm by 7.4cm BASE.....15.4cm by 15.4cm ACROSS RIM.....19.5cm HANDLE EDGE TO HANDLE EDGE
POSTAGE : Postage method is Buyers Choice
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This item may be combined with ANY other items up to 5kg for ONE standard postage fee with SAPO and 10kgs with Courier
