£85.00
Very Rare antique tea set, hand painted with cobalt blue and red enamel paints, gilded with 22ct gold. Registered Design # 251169 by the Staffordshire pottery William Lowe, circa 1875.
The tea set consists of ……
Tea Cup – 6.5 cm x 10 cm diameter
Tea Dish – 14.5 cm diameter x 3cm deep
Tea Plate – 16.5 cm diameter
Lovely condition, bright colours, may have some very light rubbing to the gilding – 150 years old.
2 in stock
William Lowe Pottery were earthenware, Egyptian Black and bone china manufacturers at the Sydney Works (High Street & Sutherland Road), Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, UK. The business was previously Tams & Lowe” who split up in 1874 and became William Lowe and John Tams as two separate companies. These cups and saucers are one of the earliest pieces ever produced by William Lowe. They are very rare indeed.
