These are attractive antique Scottish pottery items. A little matching cup and saucer. They were made by the early 20th century pottery - Mak Merry.
I had five pairs of these cups and saucers. I have sold one early 2024- and another pair March 2024 - so I NOW ONLY TWO LEFT, as annotated on the quantity box.
The cup and saucer match with a pattern of pretty white prunus flowers set on a blue and lilac background. The cups and saucers are now hard to find. This is a much larger cup and more suitable for hot chocolate or milky coffees.
They date to around the 1920s / 1930s and are hand-painted.
They are painted on pottery "blanks" - and are signed on the base: Mak Merry. The china blanks were probably made at and supplied by Maling and Sons, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Dimensions: The cup is a larger size and is 2 1/2 inches in height with a diameter at the rim of 4 1/4 inches. The saucer has a diameter of 6 inches.
CONDITION: They are all in fine condition and display well. No chips or cracks.
These are such lovely Mak Merry ceramics - and they are listed at a fair price for these vintage Scottish Art Pottery pieces. They are of museum quality. Similar items in this pattern are currently on display at the Museum of Edinburgh (as illustrated here).
UK Postage with Royal Mail Recorded will be £5.50 and applied at the checkout.
HISTORY: The MakMerry pottery grew out of the Scottish Women's Rural Institute, which was founded in 1917 in the Scottish town Macmerry by Catherine Blair.
Catherine had previously been an active Suffragist, campaigning for 'Votes for Women' and had a history of promoting female independence and equality. She became involved in the suffragette movement by writing countless letters to the press about the plight of women.
In 1920 MakMerry was set up as the trading arm of the Institute. Initially, members invested small sums of money and produced food items for sale – but they soon moved into producing fine craftworks as well – one of the crafts was pottery decoration. They hand-painted smaller household items such as plates, shallow bowls, lidded pots, and the sweetest teapots – and all these are instantly identifiable and often feature delicate and stylized floral patterns.