Tea tray
Category
Historic Services / Food & drink preparation
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal
Measurements
Each tray - 30 mm (height); 304 mm (diameter)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 669996
Summary
Four tin trays, each decorated with an illustration from a Beatrix Potter story. All have white backgrounds. Two have a blue rim, one has pink and the other has red. The illustration on the red-rimmed tray is of a table with three rabbits at one side and a mother rabbit on the other. The pink-rimmed tray shows three rabbits eating with spoons from a large basin which has a matching jug next to it and a basket of blackberries in the foreground. One of the blue-rimmed trays shows two rabbits in jackets, two squirrels, another furry creature and Jemima Puddleduck. The other one has Peter Rabbit on the right, with a mother rabbit and three small rabbits in red cloaks on the left. Total number of items is 4.
Marks and inscriptions
At the lower edge of the design: 'Copyright Frederick Warne (ampersand) Co. Ltd. London. Beatrix Potter Creations T.M.R. Made in England' On the base of pink-rimmed tray: 'DERBYSHIRE COUNTY MUSEUM/ [SUDBURY HALL]'