My post for this week's Teacup Tuesday is this delightful little chintz Wedgwood cup and saucer. This is actually a very small cup, so I suspect it is actually a coffee cup, so I hope I'm not breaking any rules posting this one for TT!
I use two reference books for my chintz collection The Charlton Standard Calalogue of Chintz by Susan Scott and The Chintz Collectors Handbook and Price Guide published by Francis Joseph. According to these books, this pattern was produced around 1936 and is one of only two patterns of chintz produced by Wedgwood. It appears to be known as Columbine, after the beautiful delicate flowers. I grow these in my garden and in the UK we maybe know these better as aquilegias.
Apparently, the Wedgwood company was housed in the Unicorn and Pinnox Works in Tunstall and as a result a number of their backstamps feature a unicorn like this one.
No tea and cakes today as I have been a little too busy - maybe next week!
If you would like to know more about Teacup Tuesday, pop over to Terri's lovely Artful Affirmations blog here.
If you would like to know more about Teacup Tuesday, pop over to Terri's lovely Artful Affirmations blog here.
Thanks for popping by my virtual china cabinet!
