MADEIRA !! Vintage 1960's Midwinter Fine Tableware Lot/Set of Two Coffee/Tea Duos

VINTAGE 1960's LOT / SET OF TWO COMPLETE MIDWINTER FINE TABLEWARE PORCELAIN TEA/COFFEE DUOS - MADEIRA BLUE PATTERN

WILLIAM ROBINSON MIDWINTER, AFTER EMPLOYMENT AT THE DOULTON FACTORY FOR 14 YEARS, BEGAN HIS OWN COMPANY IN 1910.  IN 1914 HE ACQUIRED THE ALBION POTTERY AND IN THE 1920's THE HADDERIDGE POTTERY.  DURING THE EARLY 1900's HE WAS ALSO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CROWN POTTERIES COMPANY AS WELL AS THE DERBY POTTERY COMPANY BUT ENDED THE PARTNERSHIP IN 1916.  IN 1932 HIS OWN POTTERY WAS INCORPORATED AND BECAME W.R MIDWINTER Ltd.  IN 1964 MIDWINTER ACQUIRED A.J WILKINSON AS WELL AS NEWPORT POTTERY BUT IN 1968 MERGED WITH J & G MEAKIN UNDER "BRITISH TABLEWARE Ltd"   IN 1970 THE WEDGWOOD GROUP TOOK OVER THE BUSINESS AND IN 1987 DISCONTINUED THE MIDWINTER NAME

THIS VINTAGE LOT / SET CONSISTS OF TWO IDENTICAL COMPLETE MIDWINTER TEA AND/OR COFFEE DUOS, EACH WITH A SAUCER AND CUP BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED IN MIDWINTERS "MADEIRA" PATTERN DURING THE 1960's.  THE PATTERN DISPLAYS DARK BLUE COBALT SQUARES WITH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CONCENTRIC CIRCULAR PATTERNS IN LIGHTER BLUE.   THE SHAPES OF THIS RANGE WERE DESIGNED BY THE MARQUIS OF QUEENSBURY WHILE THE PATTERN ITSELF WAS DESIGNED BY NICHOLAS JENKINS.      A BOLD PATTERN WHICH HAS A GREAT APPEARANCE

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE SAUCERS AND CUPS ARE STAMPED UNDERNEATH - "MIDWINTER FINE TABLEWARE, STAFFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND"

CONDITION : ONE SAUCER HAS SOME CRAZING UNDERNEATH ONLY VISIBLE UNDER MAGNIFICATION.  ASIDE FROM THIS ALL FOUR ITEMS ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO STAINS, CRACKS, CHIPS OR DAMAGES ETC AND NO CRAZING ON THE OTHER SAUCER OR CUPS

SIZE : TWO (2) CUPS EACH - 6.2cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....4.8cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....6.5cm DIAMETER OF RIM

          TWO (2) SAUCERS EACH - 1.6cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....4.6cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....12.6cm DIAMETER OF RIM

ONE BID FOR ALL FOUR ITEMS AS A LOT/SET

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