LANCASTER SANDLAND 2 !! Vintage 1953 Lancaster Sandland Hand Painted Character Tankard

VINTAGE 1953 HAND PAINTED LANCASTER SANDLAND CHARACTER TANKARD WITH SILVER PLATED RIM - MR MICAWBER

LANCASTER & SANDLAND WERE FORMERLY LANCASTER & SONS (Ltd) FORMED IN HANLEY IN 1899 BUT RENAMED LANCASTER & SANDLAND IN 1944.  THE COMPANY CLOSED PERMANENTLY IN 1968

THIS ITEM WAS MANUFACTURED IN 1953 AND DEPICTS A CERAMIC CHARACTER MUG / TANKARD WHICH IS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN FIRST RELEASED BY LANCASTER AND SANDLAND DURING THE 1940's.  THIS PARTICULAR SERIES HOWEVER WAS RELEASED IN 1953.   THE ITEM IS GENERALLY KNOWN AS A TOBY CHARACTER MUG AND IS FITTED WITH A SILVER PLATED RIM ATTACHMENT.  THIS VERSION OF THE TOBY MUG IS - "MR MICAWBER"    (WILKINS MICAWBER IS A CHARACTER CREATED BY CHARLES DICKENS IN HIS 1850 NOVEL DAVID COPPERFIELD.   HE IS TRADITIONALLY IDENTIFIED WITH THE OPTIMISTIC BELIEF THAT "SOMETHING WILL TURN UP" )

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE ITEM IS STAMPED UNDERNEATH - "MR MICAWBER, SANDLAND CHARACTER WARE, LANCASTER SANDLAND, HANDPAINTED, HANLEY, ENGLAND"   "1953" IN BLACK AND IMPRESSED "1144"

CONDITION : THE ITEM HAS FAINT AGE RELATED CRAZING UNDERNEATH AND THE SILVER PLATED RIM COLLAR REQUIRES POLISHING.  ASIDE FROM THIS THE ITEM IS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO CHIPS, CRACKS OR DAMAGES ETC

SIZE : 14cm HEIGHT.....8.2cm by 7cm OVAL BASE.....8.4cm DIAMETER OF RIM.....12.5cm HAT BRIM EDGE TO HANDLE EDGE

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