The Floradora pattern was designed and released by Booths Porcelain in 1912 and discontinued during the 1930’s. The pattern is a stylized one popular with collectors as it displays soft blue, orange and pink flowers with green leaves in abundance on a geometric trellis motif.
The item is a Booths porcelain tea duo of the larger variety and consists of the tea cup and saucer of which the tea cup has been designed with a deco handle.
Booths was established in 1891 at Tunstall and from 1912 was also active at the Soho and Swan Potteries in Tunstall. The Booths family business in pottery was first began by Thomas Booth during the 1850’s, but the business was only registered as a limited company in 1891. In 1944 Booths acquired Colclough China Ltd and merged with them in 1948 to become Booths & Colclough Ltd. In 1953 the Lawley Group who owned Ridgway and Adderley Ltd acquired control of Booths & Colclough and the name was changed in 1955 to Ridgway Potteries Ltd which in 1964 became part of the Doulton Group.
The items are stamped Booths Silicon China Floradora.
Besides fading of the gold trim on the cup rim and handle, both the saucer and cup is in very good second hand condition with no cracks or chips.
Cup height of rim: 7 cm, Diameter of base: 5.4 cm, Diameter of rim: 10 cm Saucer height of rim: 2.5 cm, Diameter of base: 4.6 cm, Diameter of rim: 16.2 cm
