Creator(s): Shelley Potteries, Limited (Manufacturer)

On view in: Staff Dining Room

About this object

The breakfast set consists of two coffee pots, two creamers, two sugar bowls, one cup, two saucers, two butter plates, two breakfast plates, one cereal bowl, one medium bowl, two small bowls, one large cover, one small cover, one large egg cup, and one small egg cup. The pieces are decorated with sprays of lily of the valley against a white ground. The edges of the plates are scalloped, the sides undulate and the handles are green. There is green edging on the top and bottom of pieces.

Made from:

Bone china

Made in:

ENGLAND: Longton, Staffordshire

Date made:

20th c.

Size:

15.2 cm (6 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

26.152.16

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK underneath: FINE BONE CHINA, Shelley (in script in a shield), ENGLAND, Lily of the Valley (in script), 13822

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973