20/04/2015

Mr Mouse

A 2 handled cup that was bought as a Christening present for one of my sons in the 1980's.
It is Elizabethan China. 
'Elizabethan' was a trade name of Taylor & Kent 
Florence Works of Taylor & Kent, High Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent 

Florence Works of Taylor & Kent, High Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent 

  • The Florence Works of Taylor & Kent was built in 1876 - the initials on the frontage are W T 
  • The business was still in operation in 1988
  • at some time in the early 1990's the Churchill Group took over the works, built new offices and started manufacture of Queen's ware  
  • The works were closed and demolished in the 1990's

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