RARE 25Pc Antique Assembled English Dinnerware Set w Pale Green Ground, Hand Painted, Enameled Florals and Bees, Dinner Plates and Teacups

Offered is a rare tea service for 6.
Featuring 20 pieces from the 19th century.
There are seven teacups, five, demitasse cups, and six saucers.
Two Minton dinner plates can be used to serve muffins.
The set is skillfully decorated with enameled flowers, a bee in the saucers, and the dinner plates on a creamy soft green ground.
The design makes them stunning for a formal or casual table setting and can be used separately as a tea set.
Although unmarked, I believe the set to be Minton.

HISTORY:
Thomas Minton (1765-1836)
Thomas Minton moved to Stoke, England, in 1793 and opened his newly built factory in 1796--
He went on to become Spode's nearest rival.
The Minton factory was the most popular supply source in the 19th century of dinnerware made to order for embassies and heads of state. the name continues to the present day as part of the Waterford,
Wedgwood and Royal Doulton Group.
In the 1820s, Thomas Minton started producing bone china; this early Minton is regarded as comparable to French Sevres.

CONDITION:
The set is in excellent condition.
Hand Washes for the best care.

DIMENSIONS:
Two dinner plates measure 9 3/4 inches in diameter.
Seven teacups measure 2 3/4 inches tall and 3 inches at the mouth
Five demitasse cups measure 2 5/8 inches tall and 2 1/8 inches at the mouth
Six saucers measure 5 3/8 inches in diameter

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