by Tom Licence | Jul 13, 2019
W. P. Branson, coffee extract bottle, dark green. Less common is the version in reddish-brown glass. These bottles are found all over the world. Branson later become a Limited Company, and later bottles have ‘Ltd’ embossed on them.
by Tom Licence | Apr 19, 2019
Pieces of a saucer, with a red transfer-printed pattern, shaded with pink and light green in the central design.
by Tom Licence | May 14, 2018
Hand-painted tea cup, crudely decorated with under-glaze green stripes and blue bands and over-glaze red dots. There is a single blue band below the rim, inside.
by Tom Licence | Apr 3, 2015
Teapot lid with mottled brown and white slip. Teapot lids were commonly discarded intact, if the teapot itself had broken. No doubt the coincidence of a lid from a broken teapot fitting a pot without a lid was too rare for lids to be kept for that eventuality. Dumped...
by Tom Licence | Apr 3, 2015
Teapot, with hunting scenes (man and dogs) in white sprig relief set against green enamel. A small rivet hole shows that the item had been repaired at some time before it was discarded. Victorian. Dumped with generally old and worn crockery after the death of Mary...
by Tom Licence | Jan 4, 2015
Large kettle for brewing up tea on the stove or for hanging over the fire. From labourer’s rubbish found in a privy pit in Griston. The item in front is a mole trap. The item front right is a part of a range.
by Tom Licence | Dec 24, 2014
Exterior view of tea cup with silver-grey floral decoration.
by Tom Licence | Dec 24, 2014
White tea cup with transfer-printed floral decoration in silver-grey (interior and exterior).
by Tom Licence | Dec 22, 2014
Saucer with grey-blue banding decoration to the rim. From the School House.
by Tom Licence | Dec 22, 2014
Tea cup, plain white with red band to the rim. Handle missing. From the School House.
by Tom Licence | Dec 22, 2014
Plain white tea cup, ribbed design (base only). From the School House, Bergh Apton.