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wedgwood peter rabbit+mom ceramic porcelain 2 plates+2 cups beatrix potter

$ 42.24

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Object Type: Dinnerware Set
  • Color: white, blue, brown, tan, green
  • Original/Reproduction: Vintage Original
  • Style: naïve
  • Condition: there are 2 dishes to this group: one of them has crazing to the glaze. otherwise, the single handled cup has a tiny bit of the letter «s» missing from the word «rabbits». (see second & third images.) otherwise, i can find no issues.
  • Material: Porcelain
  • California Prop 65 Warning: unknown
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Brand: wedgewood peter rabbit
  • Department: Kids

    Description

    the set
    there are 2 dishes to this group: one of them has crazing to the glaze. otherwise, the single handled cup has a tiny bit of the letter «s» missing from the word «rabbits». (see second & third images.) otherwise, i can find no issues.
    so adorable. petter rabbit and mom. the dishes are 7" in diameter and site about 3/4" above the surface on which they rest. each cup is 3" in diameter at the mouth by 3" tall (the double-handled cup is a smidge shorter than 3".)
    the two dishes tell the same story:
    peter wsa not very well during the evening.
    his mother put him to bed.
    and made some camomile tea:
    «one table-spoonful to be taken at bedtime»
    plates depict the identical scene of mom trying to give peter rabbit (hiding uder his bed cover) that camomile. there are 2 side graphics: one depicting a hanging kettle, the other depicting the cup (in this case: with its saucer) that mom uses to give peter the camomile.
    the younger child's cup (with the double handle) has a simpler story than the other to maybe reflect the ages of the children using the cups. the story on that cup reads
    once upon a time there were four little rabbits
    flopsy, mopsy, cotton-tail and peter.
    the single-handled cup reads
    once upon a time there were four little rabbits, and their names were–flopsy, mopsy, cotton tail and peter.
    now run along and don't get into mischief.
    this cup also has a little bonus peter rabbit on the inside of the cup.
    the markings
    dish w/ crazing
    [logo] wedgewood
    ®
    of etruria & barlaston
    the number «49» (perhaps for the painter?)
    copyright
    frederick warne & co. [peter rabbit publisher]
    beatrix potter designs™
    peter rabbit™
    dish w/out crazing
    [logo] wedgewood
    ®
    of etruria & barlaston
    the number «35» (perhaps for the painter?)
    copyright
    frederick warne & co. [peter rabbit publisher]
    beatrix potter designs™
    peter rabbit™
    double-handled cup
    [peter rabbit logo]
    the world of beatrix potter • peter rabbit
    peter rabbit™
    ©
    federick warne & co 1991
    wedgewood
    ®
    single-handled cup
    [logo] wedgewood
    ®
    of etruria & barlaston
    the number «47» (perhaps for the painter?)
    copyright
    frederick warne & co. [peter rabbit publisher]
    beatrix potter designs™
    peter rabbit™
    according to thepotteries.org/mark/w/wedgwoodj.html, the wedgewood mark is a standard mark they have used since 1940. the double-handled cup is marked as being from 1991.
    about etruria works
    from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/etruria_works
    the etruria works was a ceramics factory opened by josiah wedgwood in 1769 in a district of stoke-on-trent, staffordshire, england, which he named etruria. the factory ran for 180 years.
    wedgwood had previously based his business in the nearby town of burslem at the ivy house works and the brick house works (demolished—the wedgwood institute is built on its site). in 1767 wedgwood paid about three thousand pounds for his new site, which was then known as the ridgehouse estate. it lay directly in the path of the trent and mersey canal of which wedgwood was a promoter. on one side of the canal wedgwood built a large house, etruria hall and on the other side a factory.
    there is a description of etruria in the 1930s in jb priestley's
    english journey
    . by this time the site was affected by mining subsidence, and plans were drawn for a new factory at barlaston some miles south on the trent and mersey canal. the new factory was built in 1938–40 and most of the old factory was demolished in the twentieth century after the wedgwood company moved production to barlaston.
    maker's and/or other hallmarks
    see main section above
    dimensions
    the dishes are 7" in diameter and site about 3/4" above the surface on which they rest. each cup is 3" in diameter at the mouth by 3" tall (the double-handled cup is a smidge shorter than 3".)
    condition
    there are 2 dishes to this group: one of them has crazing to the glaze. otherwise, the single handled cup has a tiny bit of the letter «s» missing from the word «rabbits». (see second & third.) otherwise, i can find no issues.
    the fine print
    the images are the majority of the listing description, so take a look at them closely.
    shipping costs have really increased—this is calculated into the buy-it-now price.
    i am not able to sell individual items from items i have listed as a group. i just don't have the stamina to create new listings for those. i apologize for that. i haven't initially individually listed items because i don't have enough listing slots to so.
    trying to downsize some, though extremely melancholically.
    shipping time: i otherwise work more than full time and my health isn't great, so kindly excuse the longer handling time. if i am able to ship sooner, i absolutely will do that
    . i appreciate you taking the time to view my listing.