A vintage fine porcelain tea trio, manufactured by Shore & Coggins Ltd., Longton, under their Queen Anne trade name consisting of the Malvern shaped tea cup which has fluted sides, a short pedestal base and gently scalloped rim. A beautiful scroll handle with gold trim also adorns the tea cup. The tea trio also consists of the tea plate and saucer, both given prominent gold trim along scalloped rims. All three items in the trio are decorated in the Genevieve pattern which displays lovely pink flowers together with green and mist grey leaves. The tea cup also displays this pattern within and also has gold trim along the rim and double around the base.
The firm was established in 1887 as J. Shore & Co and in 1905 became Shore, Coggins & Holt under a new partnership which survived until 1910 when Holt left and the firm became Shore & Coggins Ltd. In 1918 the business was sold to Thomas Wild & Sons. The Wild Group expanded and introduced the Bell China trade name and then after 1945 introduced the Queen Anne and Princess Anne trade names. By 1966 the Wild Group was under Allied English Potteries who closed the Shore & Coggins Ltd brand.
The items are stamped underneath Genevieve Queen Anne Bone China England.
The item is in excellent second hand condition.
Tea cup height of rim: 7.2 cm, Diameter of base: 4.8 cm, Diameter of rim: 9 cm
Saucer height of rim: 2.5 cm, Diameter of base: 7.4 cm, Diameter of rim: 14.4 cm
Tea plate height of rim: 1.4 cm, Diameter of base: 9.2 cm, Diameter of rim: 16.2 cm
