Description
- 7 inches
- Brown Roses
- Ironstone
Crown Staffordshire dates from 1903 though connections with the founding Green family date back to the mid 19th century and they still owned the company up to 1964 when it was sold to Semart Importing Co. Semart were the distributor for Crown Staffordshire in the United States, and their interest in Crown Staffordshire shows how important the Crown Staffordshire brand had become in North America. As with so many tableware companies they became part of the Wedgwood group in 1974, and the brand name was used up until the mid-1980s.
Meakin Pottery
The history of J & G Meakin Ltd can the traced back to the 1850s with the manufacturer of earthenware at the Eagle Pottery, and the company remained in the Meakin family up until 1968. Meakin and Midwinter Potteries subsequently merged and the combined company became part of the Wedgwood Group in 1970.
J & G Meakin Ltd were one of the first British Potters to experiment with Art Deco shapes through the 1930s and this focus on modern designs and shapes followed during the post-war period with the introduction of the Studio and Horizon shapes. These shapes were heavily influenced by Russel Wright, the American industrial designer, famous for his American Modern ceramic tableware.
In 1964 Meakin launched a new Studio shape, this new shape including the striking tall coffee pot, was used as a base for many patterns of the 1960s and 70s from designers such as Jessie Tate and Eve Midwinter.
