Monday, January 20, 2014

Tea Cup Tuesday

We have made it to the third week in January already and the year is speeding along. This week I decided to do something a bit different again. I have this pretty little Brown Betty Type tea pot in my shop. It is a hand painted vintage Redware Teapot..... And although most of these seem to have been made in Japan this one is from Canada. It is a.......

Royal Canadian Art Pottery Vintage Teapot

The teapot mark was hard to take a picture of but I did it and hope you can read it. If not, this is what it says. Royal Canadian Art Pottery, Hamilton, Ontario.

After I put this on the tea tray I knew I needed a bit more rugged type cup and saucer so looking around my shop I came across this set of dishes and and am using one of the cups and saucers and a bread and butter place for this week's tea.

They are from a set of china called Fair Winds.

This set of china is, as the marks indicate, from Alfred Meakin China. I couldn't find much info on the maker but learned it was bought out by Franciscan China in the 70s I think. This set was much earlier though. It depicts scenes from when the China Trade flourished in the US. Like some other similar sets each different piece of china has a different picture. This first mark was on the saucer. The more detailed one was on the back of the plate.