Aynsley 3 Cups & 3 Saucers #2495 Hand Painted Cabbage Rose Blue Gold 1934-1939

  

DESCRIPTION: This superb quality china set of 3 cups & saucers has colors that are bright and vivid. This is on a blank of fine bone china with gold trim on the edges, foot and handle of the cup. The cups & saucers are tied together by the bold blue cabbage rose blooms that are hand painted with gold & lavender leaves. The exterior of the cups has larger blue cabbage rose spray with green and lavender leaves. This is on the coffee can mold w/gold trim.

CONDITION: While this set is classified as used, we can find no chips, nicks, rubbings, scratches, cracks, hairlines, or repairs. There appears to be absolutely no wear to the colors and no crazing. Look in the photos to see this. The lack of utensil scratches attests to the high quality of the bone china.

There is no wear to any of the gold trim. All pieces are beautiful and classically decorated. DIMENSIONS: The deep saucers have a diameter of 4 7/8" and a height of 5/8". The coffee can cups are 2 3/16" in diameter and stand 2 3/16" high. The cup has a capacity of 3 ounces.

HISTORY/MARKS: John Aynsley established his pottery in Longton, England in 1775 using local Staffordshire clay and elaborate designs. The company prospered, but his grandson, John Aynsley II, changed the focus of the business from pottery to fine bone china by adding 50% calcined bone ash to his porcelain compound. This produced a fine bone china that was exceptionally white, extremely strong and translucent.

In 1861, he opened the Portland Works in Stoke-on-Trent to produce the many unique Aynsley designs that were becoming exceedingly popular. Queen Victoria commissioned Aynsley China to produce a full service for her personal use. This allowed the company to use the royal family seal in its logo, therefore, affirming the company's reputation.

The company remained in the ownership of the Aynsley family until becoming a publically listed company in 1948, still under the leadership of the Aynsley family. In 1970, the company was taken over by Waterford and by 1997 it became a part of the Belleek Pottery Group. Is still known for craftsmanship and fine production techniques. Please view all pictures carefully as they are part of the description.

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