RARE BRENTLEIGH WARE ENGLAND BABYWARE NURSERY MUG WITH KOALA BEAR HANDLE

A RARE 1950'S BRENTLEIGH WARE NOVELTY AUSTRALIAN THEMED BABYWARE/NURSERY MUG WITH KOALA BEAR HANDLE. MUG. CREAM WITH BROWN EDGING AND HAND PAINTED GREEN FLORA AND KOALA BEAR.
 
MARKINGS:
BABY WARE BRENTLEIGH WARE STAFFORDSHIRE ENGLAND
 
SIZE: 8CM HIGH 8CM DIAMETER 11CM WIDE UP TO HANDLE
CONDITION: NO CHIPS. NO CRACKS. IN GOOD CONDITION.
 
BRENTLEIGH WARE (1925-1974):
The Howard Pottery Co was a manufacturer of general domestic and ornamental earthenware at Norfolk Street, Shelton from 1925 to 1974. Family oral history indicates that the business was owned by Earnest William (Bill) Bailey and that the trade name 'Brentleigh Ware' 
was named after Earnest William Bailey's daughter Brenda.
By the early 1970s the Howard Pottery Group had acquired amongst others The Grimwades Pottery company (owners of the 'Royal Winton' name).
It appears that the Howard Pottery Co Ltd name disappeared in the mid 1970s when in 1974 the Howard Pottery Group was acquired by Taunton Vale Industries who in 1978 changed its name to 'Royal Winton Pottery'.
 
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