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Paragon Pottery-Bone China Sugar Bowl, 1933-4 - $30 (Markham)
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For sale is a top quality open sugar bowl which used to belong to a tea set made ~90 years ago by a top quality English pottery company, Paragon. It is made of bone china. The pot is thin and translucent. The walls are fluted in cream color with a yellow rim. It is hand decorated (not transfer) with a floral design of what looks like a Pansy and Morning Glory (?). This dainty pot is rare. It was manufactured 1933-34 at a time when the pottery was granted a Royal Warrant of Appointment by Queen Mary. This piece is fit for a queen.
Details:
Dimensions: 3.5” diameter; 2” high
Marking: bottom stamped with 1933-4 black mark indicating “Royal Warrant of Appointment”
Condition: As new
Asking price: $30.00
About The Paragon Pottery: The Paragon China Company was a British manufacturer of bone china from 1919 to 1960, based in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, previously known as the Star China Company, and more recently part of the Royal Doulton group. Paragon was noted for producing high quality tea ware and tableware, and was granted royal warrants of appointment by several members of the British Royal Family. The Star China Company was founded in 1897 as a partnership between Herbert Aynsley and Hugh Irving, trading until 1919, and using Paragon as a trade name from about 1900. In 1919, after Aynsley's retirement the company name was changed to Paragon China Company Limited. Irving's two sons subsequently became managing directors of the business.
In its early history the firm manufactured tea and breakfast wares, exporting to Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. However, in the 1930’s, Paragon expanded both its market, to include the Americas.
The 1960s saw the company change hands several times, eventually becoming part of Royal Doulton. Paragon ware is highly collectible.
Royal warrants
• 1926 - The Duchess of York (Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon) commissioned china for the nursery of Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II).
• 1933 - Queen Mary grants a Royal Warrant of Appointment
• 1937 - King George VI & Queen Elizabeth grants a royal warrant for the occasion of their coronation
• 1938 - Queen Elizabeth (the future Queen Mother) & Queen Mary grants a Royal Warrant of Appointment
• 1953 - Queen Elizabeth II grants a Royal Warrant of Appointment
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