Vintage Mid Century Lord Nelson Ware (Elijah Cotton Ltd) Fine Porcelain Cake Platter & Matching Cake Lifter Clocks & Watches

Vintage Mid Century Lord Nelson Ware (Elijah Cotton Ltd) Fine Porcelain Cake Platter & Matching Cake Lifter Clocks & WatchesThe business was established by Elijah Cotton in Hanley in 1880. By 1885 he had outgrown the premises and built The Nelson Works alongside the Caldon canal. Although the business always remained in the Cotton family, its last known date of registration was in 1962. The item is a matching set which consists of the fine porcelain cake platter as well as the cake lifter. The plate has been decorated in one of Elijah Cottons LNE patterns which always had

It is still in very good usable condition and requires a good polish

The gentleman wears a sword by his side and bothe he and the lady are clothed in period dress

aside from which the bowl is in good condition with no other visible damages

Each has been given prominent gold trim along scalloped rims while both are decorated in the Genevieve pattern

over a period from the 1790s to the late 20th century

Crown Staffordshire were manufacturers of high grade porcelain at Minerva Works in Fenton from 1889 to 1985 when Wedgwood ceased use of the name (they became part of the Wedgwood Group in 1973) and only continued with the Coalport name instead

The words “fine bone china” were typically added to the Crown Staffordshire mark in 1930

Diameter: 31

which is removed by means of a brass and Bakelite thumb screw

Box height: 4 cm

Crisa Glassware has its roots in Monterrey

The creamer is not stamped although also a Carlton Ware item