Period: Edwardian
Maker: W. T. Copeland & Sons
The charming rustic style of pastel flowers on this Copeland tea and coffee pairing emulates the famous faience tin-glazed earthenware of Lunéville.
Lunéville is a town in Lorraine, eastern France, renowned for making faience since 1723.
Copeland introduced its ‘Luneville’ pattern, number 2/6770, in 1914. This date matches the ‘14’ code on the bottom of the teacup’s saucer. The saucer of the coffee cup has a later year code for 1922. The pattern proved to be popular and continued in production for many decades.
Condition Almost perfect. No fault, wear or blemish other than a tiny (1 mm) loss of enamel on top rim edge of coffee cup.
Coffee cup Height: 6 cm; Diameter: 6.4 cm; Width across handle: 8.5 cm Saucer for coffee cup: Diameter: 11.8 cm
Teacup Height: 6.6 cm; Diameter: 8.4 cm; Width across handle: 10.6 cm Saucer for teacup Diameter: 13.8 cm
Combined net weight: 396 g
Medium: Earthenware
Origin: Spode Works, Stoke, Staffordshire Poitteries, England
See Spode and Copeland in Makers & Artists for background on the factory.
