ENGLISH TRANSFER-PRINTED CHILDREN'S TOY CERAMIC TEA SET, LOT OF 13, comprising one teapot with molded floral finial, one covered sugar with molded floral finial and handles, five tea bowls, and six saucers, all with purple transfer designs having beehives, floral, and foliate decorations. Unmarked. Staffordshire and other areas. Second quarter 19th century. Teapot 4 3/8" H.
Minute flake on flange of teapot cover, flake on rim of one teabowl, and two flakes on flange of covered sugar, otherwise undamaged.
Literature: Pattern as in Transferware Collectors Club database pattern #10537.
Provenance: Collection of the late Shirley Reed, Maplewood, NJ.

Minute flake on flange of teapot cover, flake on rim of one teabowl, and two flakes on flange of covered sugar, otherwise undamaged.