Doll's tea service
Ridgways
Category
Dolls' accessories
Date
circa 1920
Materials
Ceramic, glaze and cardboard
Measurements
12 mm (min. height); 65 mm (max. height); 57 mm (min. diameter); 112 mm (max. diameter)
Place of origin
Stoke-on-Trent
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 661728
Summary
A black cardboard box with a doll’s tea service inside. The box has a separate black lid bearing a label with the word FRAGILE in red. It contains a doll's tea service in white ceramic with a pattern of flowers in red and beige. There are six cups, one badly cracked, six saucers, six tea plates, two cake plates without rims, one round bowl, one hexagonal bowl, one hexagonal jug and one hexagonal teapot with lid. There is also a pale green plate embossed with the alphabet and a floral design round the rim. This plate is not part of the tea set. It has a wire hanger glued to its base and is cracked. Total number of items is 26.
Marks and inscriptions
Base of each item: beside logo of bow and quiver: PERSIA/ RIDGWAYS/ STOKE on TRENT
Makers and roles
Ridgways, maker