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

VINTAGE 1953 HAND PAINTED LANCASTER SANDLAND CHARACTER TANKARD WITH SILVER PLATED RIM - YEOMAN OF THE GUARD

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 MODELLED AND DESIGNED BY T.H SANDLAND DURING THE EARLY 1940's UPON ITS FIRST RELEASE.  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 - "YEOMAN OF THE GUARD"    (THE YEOMAN OF THE GUARD IS OFFICIALLY CONSIDERED THE QUEENS BODYGUARD, CREATED IN 1485)

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE ITEM IS STAMPED UNDERNEATH - "YEOMAN OF THE GUARD, SANDLAND CHARACTER WARE, LANCASTER SANDLAND, HANDPAINTED, HANLEY, ENGLAND"   "1953" IN BLACK

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 : 13cm HEIGHT.....7.5cm by 6cm OVAL BASE.....7.4cm DIAMETER OF RIM.....11.8cm HAT BRIM EDGE TO HANDLE EDGE

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