ANTIQUE 1923-1933 PARAGON FINE BONE CHINA TEA TRIO - DECORATED WITH THE RARE BUTTERCUP PATTERN (Also used later by Royal Albert)
THIS IS THE 2nd LISTED PARAGON FINE BONE CHINA TEA TRIO WITH BUTTERCUP PATTERN (It is also the last remaining trio in buttercup which I shall currently list)
PARAGON CHINA WAS INTRODUCED BY STAR CHINA Co IN 1903. THE PARTNERS WERE INITIALLY HERBERT JAMES AYNSLEY, JOHN GERARD AYNSLEY AND WILLIAM ILLINGWORTH. HERBERT WAS THE OLDEST SON OF JOHN AYNSLEY WHO FOUNDED THE FIRM JOHN AYNSLEY & SONS. WHEN WILLIAM ILLINGWORTH RETIRED IN 1910 HE WAS REPLACED BY HUGH IRVING, SON-IN-LAW TO HERBERT AYNSLEY. THE COMPANY THEN CHANGED ITS NAME IN 1920 FROM STAR CHINA TO PARAGON CHINA COMPANY. IN 1927 HERBERT RETIRED LEAVING THE SOLE OWNERSHIP TO HUGH IRVING WHO CHANGED THE NAME TO PARAGON CHINA Ltd IN 1930. IN 1960 THE FIRM WAS TAKEN OVER BY THOMAS C. WILD & SONS Ltd, THE MANUFACTURERS OF ROYAL ALBERT BONE CHINA. IN 1964 WILD AND ALL OF ITS SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES MERGED WITH THE LAWLEY GROUP Ltd WHICH BECAME ALLIED ENGLISH POTTERIES Ltd. PARAGON BECAME PART OF ROYAL DOULTON IN 1972 AND BY 1989 THE NAME AND PATTERNS HAD BEEN ABSORBED INTO ROYAL ALBERT AND THE PARAGON NAME DISCONTINUED IN 1992
THIS LOT / SET IS AN ANTIQUE PARAGON FINE BONE CHINA TEA TRIO MANUFACTURED UNDER THE PARAGON "STAR" MARK BETWEEN 1923 and 1933. EACH ITEM IN THE TRIO IS DECORATED WITH A PATTERN REMARKABLY SIMILAR TO THE ROYAL ALBERT "BUTTERCUP" PATTERN IN FLORAL COLORS AS WELL AS BUTTERFLIES. THE TEACUP, SAUCER AND TEA PLATE ARE FURTHER DECORATED IN DEEP BLUE TRIM WHILE THE TEACUP AND SAUCER HAVE SCALLOPED RIMS, THE TEA PLATE IS A SQUARED DESIGN
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE ITEMS ARE STAMPED UNDERNEATH - "PARAGON FINE BONE CHINA, MADE IN ENGLAND"
CONDITION : ALL THREE ITEMS ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO CRAZING, CHIPS, CRACKS, DAMAGES ETC
SIZE : TEACUP - 7cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....3.5cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....7.7cm DIAMETER OF RIM
SAUCER - 2cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....6.4cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....14cm DIAMETER OF RIM
TEA PLATE - 1cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....9.4cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....14.8cm by 14.8cm ACROSS RIM
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