A scarce and complete set of the four Carlton Ware / Lustre Pottery Walking Ware Wellington boot eggcups . Black, red, yellow and green were the only four colours made for distribution. All four have the semi-circular combined printed mark for Carlton Ware and Lustre Pottery to the base of one foot, and all are in very good condition with no damages or wear to the decoration. Dimensions : height : 3.5 inches See Walking Ware a Collectors Guide by Julia Michell p.34 Design list no. 25 and p.72 (Copies available see link to the left of the image above.)
This is a genuine cruet / condiment set designed by Mabel Lucie Attwell and of a small number produced by Shelley in the 1920s/1930s, comprising a salt cellar, a pepper pot and a mustard pot and lid, all three shaped as 'magic' mushrooms which are seated in circular recesses on a green glazed tray, with the figure of a "Boo Boo" (a green clothed fairy/elf) peeping out from behind a mushroom. Although Mabel Lucie Attwell pre war tea wares are now fairly scarce in their own right, this Mabel Lucie Attwell cruet / condiment set really is incredibly scarce - far more so than either of her 1920s teasets and much of her other teaset china (with very few exceptions which include some of the original pre-war figures of children and Boo Boos and a very few other rarely found pieces). This is only the second set we have found in the last 25 years! Condition is very good. Marked to base of tray with the pre-war Shelley backstamp (earlier than 1939) Dimensions : Tray - max. diameter : 6 inches Tray - max height 3.5 inches ( cf. Gifts For Good Children vol. 2 by Maureen Batkin, page 154.)
