Hope you've enjoyed the weekend folks despite the rain .I spent some time researching some china I found on Thursday. I feel a bit like Gibbs off NCIS and his gut (American TV Navy investigation drama, if you've not heard of it) and had a gut feeling to buy them. I'm pleased I did as it turns out they were made in 1844! I'm pretty sure that makes them antique not vintage.
They were made by Thomas Dimmock, of Kaolin ware in the Mulberry Bohemia pattern which was more common in blue. I was so happy to find these, I'll not be creating anything with these, there's too much history behind them. Only one is chipped out of six which isn't bad for over 170 years of age.. It amazes me that they have lasted this long and I wonder what they've seen and heard over the years. Were they part of a large set in a rich Victorian house or were they some prized possessions of someone of lesser means? We'll never know but I can't help wondering, it's part of what draws me to vintage china.