Butter Pat: Furnivals Quail, Blue & White Transferware Ironstone, England, Antique 1913 - SOLD

Two quails among flowers and greenery in blue and white, on a pristine antique Furnivals ironstone butter pat.

• Maker: Furnivals
• Pattern: Quail (blue)
• Quantity: Sold individually
• Materials: Ironstone
• Dimensions: 3" diameter
• Origin: England
• Era: Antique 1913-1921
• Condition: Excellent; no issues noted, absolutely pristine, with no crazing, chips or scratches. Please review photos closely before purchasing, as all sales are final.

This is the Quail pattern in blue from Furnivals, which also made it in brown. As the name implies, the pattern has quails, and this butter pat has two quails among lots of flowers and greenery. It is stamped "Furnivals 1913 Quail, Made in England, Rd No 684771."

A wonderful find for collectors of Furnivals pottery, transferware or ironstone, and for blue and white lovers.

Furnivals was started in 1839 by Jacob and Thomas Furnival when they took over the building of Phoebe Johnson at the Stafford Street Pottery Works in Staffordshire. Over the years the company changed names several times: Jacob & Thomas Furnival from 1842 to 1843, Thomas Furnival & Co from 1844 to 1845, Thomas Furnival & Sons from 1876 to 1890, and Furnivals (1913) Ltd from 1913 to 1968. In 1967 Barratt's of Staffordshire acquired the company, and the factory closed in 1968. The following year Enoch Wedgwood bought the company's trade name, and it was later taken over by the Wedgwood Group. Enoch Wedgwood stopped making some Furnival patterns, and other patterns were used by different Wedgwood companies, so dating patterns after the 1969 acquisition can be confusing.

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