Description: ROYAL ALBERT 45101 TRIOBRIGHT YELLOW with GILT & edged / bordered with square squiggly black lines.!!!!! VERY SCARCE !!!!!Cup Shape = Countess1917 - 1925 MADE IN ENGLAND Cup = Very good condition = rim to handle 107mm x rim diameter 91mm x 65mm high.Saucer = Very good condition = 140mm diameter.Side / Cake Plate = Very good condition = 161mm diameter. Sold as seen in the images. Images form part for the description. Company History.................Thomas Clarke Wild joined his father, Thomas Wild, in the purchase of the Albert Works, Longton in 1895. Wild became sole proprietor on the death of his father in 1898 and from 1905 to 1917 the business traded simply as ‘Thomas C. Wild’. As Wild’s business prospered he acquired other factories and pottery businesses, the Park Place Works was acquired in about 1910, followed by the Royal Albert China Works in 1917, the Shore & Coggins Ltd business in 1918 and that of William Lowe in 1919. Thomas Wild's sons, Thomas E. Wild and Frederick C. Wild were admitted into partnership with their father in 1917, the business then trading as Thomas C. Wild & Sons. Wild retired from active management in 1932 and the business was incorporated as Thomas C. Wild & Sons Ltd with Thomas and Frederick Wild as the permanent directors. To fund the expansion the company was one of the first UK pottery businesses to list on the London Stock Exchange. The share issue, on 8th July 1947, closed five times oversubscribed only five minutes after opening. Control of the business, and its three remaining subsidiaries Roslyn China Ltd, Chapmans (Longton) Ltd, and Shore & Coggins Ltd, remained, however, firmly in the hands of the Wild brothers and their sons. The company acquired Paragon China Ltd in 1960 greatly expanding its manufacturing base. Only four years later, in 1964, the Pearson Group through its subsidiary Lawleys Ltd made a cash and share offer for the whole share capital of T. C. Wild & Sons Ltd and the Wild family members accepted the offer. The new acquisition was merged by Pearson’s into their Lawley Group to form a new company Allied English Potteries Ltd although Wild and the other member companies continued to trade under their own, well-known, names. Thomas E. Wild was appointed as life president of Thomas C. Wild & Sons Ltd and sons Kenneth and Peter Wild joined the Board of the newly formed AEP Ltd. The Wild businesses initially operated independently within AEP, but in 1966 AEP closed the Shore & Coggins Ltd business, leading to the resignation of Peter Wild—ironically the closure was to free the Edensor Works to allow increased production of the Wilds’ own iconic Royal Albert China. In 1969 Kenneth Wild, managing director of T. C. Wild & Sons Ltd, and David Wild, managing director of Paragon China Ltd, resigned from their positions severing the last family links to the company founded by their grandfather.
Price: 65 USD
Location: Johannesburg
End Time: 2024-05-23T10:45:17.000Z
Shipping Cost: 72 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Type: Tea Cup & Saucer
Color: Yellow
Material: Bone China
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
