THIS SET OF 11 DEMITASSE CUPS AND SAUCERS BY SOHO POTTERY IN SOLIAN WARE FEATURES A STUNNING COBALT BLUE AND GOLD DESIGN, MAKING IT A PERFECT ADDITION TO ANY TABLE SETTING. HANDCRAFTED IN ENGLAND WITH A GLOSSY FINISH, THESE CERAMIC PIECES ARE SIGNED BY THE BRAND AND ARE IDEAL FOR ALL OCCASIONS. THE VINTAGE SET INCLUDES CUPS AND SAUCERS, PRODUCED USING TRADITIONAL POTTERY TECHNIQUES. PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE PIECES ARE DELICATE AND SHOULD BE HAND WASHED TO PRESERVE THEIR BEAUTY FOR YEARS TO COME.
CUPS 2.5" X 2" DIAMETER. FINE CRAZING IS PRESENT ON SAUCERS.
ESTABLISHED IN 1904 IN TUNSTALL, ENGLAND, WAS A NOTABLE PRODUCER OF EARTHENWARE AND PORCELAIN. THE COMPANY LATER RELOCATED TO COBRIDGE, STAFFORDSHIRE, A REGION RENOWNED FOR ITS POTTERY INDUSTRY. FROM ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN TUNSTALL TO THE EXPANSION TO ELDER WORKS IN COBRIDGE, SOHO POTTERY HAS CREATED EXCEPTIONAL PIECES UNDER THE SOLIAN WARE, AMBASSADOR WARE, AND CHANTICLEER WARE BRANDS. EACH PIECE REFLECTS OUR RICH HERITAGE IN FINE ENGLISH EARTHENWARE. SOLIAN WARE BY SOHO POTTERY.
SOLIAN WARE, INTRODUCED AROUND 1909, REPRESENTS SOHO POTTERY'S FINEST EARTHENWARE PRODUCTION. KNOWN FOR ITS DISTINCTIVE GEORGIAN PATTERNS AND GOLD GILT DECORATIONS, SOLIAN WARE EXEMPLIFIES THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY CRAFTSMANSHIP. MANUFACTURED AT THE ELDER WORKS IN COBRIDGE FROM 1910 ONWARDS, SOLIAN WARE BECAME RENOWNED FOR ITS EXTREMELY WHITE BODY AND BRIGHT, CONTEMPORARY DESIGNS THAT RIVALED FINE CHINA IN BOTH APPEARANCE AND QUALITY. THIS LINE FEATURED VARIOUS PATTERNS, INCLUDING THE "GEORGIAN" PATTERN, WHICH EXEMPLIFIED THE ELEGANT AND INTRICATE DESIGNS CHARACTERISTIC OF THAT ERA. THE "GEORGIAN" PATTERN IN SOLIAN WARE TYPICALLY SHOWCASED CLASSIC MOTIFS INSPIRED BY GEORGIAN-ERA AESTHETICS, OFTEN INCORPORATING FLORAL ELEMENTS AND ORNATE BORDERS.
THESE PIECES WERE POPULAR FOR THEIR DURABILITY AND TIMELESS APPEAL, MAKING THEM SOUGHT-AFTER ITEMS FOR BOTH EVERYDAY USE AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS. TODAY, SOLIAN WARE PIECES, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN PATTERNS LIKE "GEORGIAN, " ARE CONSIDERED COLLECTIBLE. THEIR VALUE CAN VARY BASED ON FACTORS SUCH AS CONDITION, RARITY, AND DEMAND AMONG COLLECTORS. AMBASSADOR WARE FROM SOHO POTTERY. AMBASSADOR WARE, INCLUDING THE RENOWNED FONDEVILLE AMBASSADOR WARE LINE, SHOWCASES SOHO POTTERY'S MASTERY OF DECORATIVE EARTHENWARE.
EACH PIECE FEATURES INTRICATE PATTERNS AND SUPERIOR CRAFTSMANSHIP FROM THE COBRIDGE WORKS. DISTINGUISHED BY ITS COBALT TREATMENTS AND GOLD ENCRUSTATION DESIGNS, AMBASSADOR WARE PIECES SHOWCASE THE COMPANY'S MASTERY OF INTRICATE BORDER PATTERNS AND WERE PARTICULARLY POPULAR IN BOTH DOMESTIC AND EXPORT MARKETS DURING THE 1920S AND 1930S.THE CHANTICLEER WARE COLLECTION REPRESENTS SOHO POTTERY'S INNOVATIVE DESIGNS AND PATTERNS. PRODUCED AT THE ELDER WORKS IN COBRIDGE, THESE PIECES SHOWCASE THE COMPANY'S COMMITMENT TO QUALITY AND ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE.
EACH CHANTICLEER WARE PIECE DEMONSTRATES THE COMPANY'S EXPERTISE IN SEMI-PORCELAIN PRODUCTION, FEATURING UNIQUE PATTERNS AND DECORATIVE STYLES THAT MADE SOHO POTTERY A PREFERRED CHOICE FOR BOTH EVERYDAY USE AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS.