Vintage c.1939+ Taylor & Kent (Longton) Pastel Pink Open Sugar Bowl & Creamer With Floating Roses & Florals - Numbered Vintage com/worthopedia/vintage-wine-aerator-decanter-etched-1797407463

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This set consists of four dinner plates and four side plates decorated in Alfred Meakins pattern MEA278

In 1879 the famous trumpet and banner mark was granted

Slight fading on the gold trim

The bottles are further decorated with the use of gold trim

Vintage c.1939+ Taylor & Kent (Longton) Pastel Pink Open Sugar Bowl & Creamer With Floating Roses & Florals - Numbered Vintage com/worthopedia/vintage-wine-aerator-decanter-etched-1797407463Taylor & Kent (Longton 1876 1982) was china and Majolica manufacturers at the Florence Works, High Street, Longton, Stoke on Trent. Many sources give the foundation date as 1867 Jewitt's book 'Ceramic Art of Great Britain 1800 1900' states "Messrs. Taylor & Kent were established at the Florence Works in 1867" however the date on the frontage of the works is clearly '1876', so perhaps there was a typing error in Jewitt's book which has been continued