Portmeirion Pottery Marble Teacup And Saucer, MBL3
Portmeirion

A Vintage Portmeirion Marble Design Teacup And Saucer Set.

A fabulous and very rare teacup and saucer set decorated in the Marble design. The cup has the blue Portmeirion Ware backstamp over the Kirkhams backstamp and the saucer has the Kirkhams backstamp.

This is an opportunity to own a piece of extremely rare Portmeirion and it looks absolutely fantastic on display.

Approx Dimensions:-

Cup

2.75 in (7 cm) tall

4 in (10 cm) diam

Saucer

6.75 in (17 cm) diam

Marble

Susan Williams-Ellis bought the Kirkham's Factory in 1961. Amongst the collection of artifacts she acquired was a small collection of Victorian transfers. Susan experimented with these and one of the more successful stock print transfers was a brown and black pattern that was reminiscent of a Marble style pattern. Using similar style pre-made ware that she used when she created the fabulous Moss Agate range, Susan tried the Marble transfer on these items at the same time period. As there was only a very small amount of Marble transfers to use it was not put into full production. These pieces are extremely rare but incredibly striking to look at, particularly with the hint of gilding on some pieces.