Staffordshire Porcelain Bone China Tea Trio + Bread Plate - Floral - c1880
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Please Note: A Wide Variety of Antiques and Collectibles are Listed by maisy-patcheye every Thursday evening (5.00pm). B-19 Description You are viewing a most attractive example of porcelain English teaware from a bygone age We are offering a very pretty Tea Trio with matching Bread Plate Four piece set - seldom available Please Note: We have other examples of teaware also currently listed in this particular pattern for your interest. Crafted By: Unmarked Staffordshire Origin: England Date: circa 1880 Example from the: Victorian era Colourway: White Pattern: Strong and bold floral decoration The cup is decorated on both interior and exterior Rim: Gilded Moulded decoration to the bread plate Background Information: The custom of drinking tea became a British institution when the Victorians took to serving it every afternoon in the parlour - until 1800 it had been customary to drink tea after dinner. This custom was to continue well into the 1930s when coffee became the vogue for the middle to upper classes. For the Edwardians, everything really did stop for tea and no afternoon was not complete without at least one serving of tea and cakes. The early dusks of winter in the drawing room were brightened with the arrival of the maid with her tray, while in warm summers the bright, airy conservatory with its profusion
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