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Maddock
Foley
Copelands
Sadler
Ridgway
Booths
Minton
Wedgwood
Clews
Below are photographs from the archives
of the RMS QUEEN MARY of the stock sheet used aboard her in the
60's
Please click on each picture to see a full-size version.
Courtesy Ron Smith, RMS Foundation.
Maddock
"Ivory
Ware" Stoniers
These pieces were used in the First
and Cabin Class dining rooms aboard many Cunard liners,
including the RMS
QUEEN MARY (1936-1967),
RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH (1946-1968)
and RMS CARONIA (1949-1968).
Left - Soup
Plate - 9" dia. x 1 1/4"
high
Center - Dinner
Plate -9 1/2" dia. x
3/4" high
Right - Salad
Plate / Crescent (Bone Plate)-
8" dia. x 4 1/4" wide x 1" high
Top Left
- Bread Plate (Cheese Plate) -
7 1/4" dia. x 5/8" high
Top Right
- Berry Bowl (Pudding / Sweet Plate)
- 6 7/8" dia. x 1 1/4" high
Bottom Left
- Lunch Plate (Fruit Saucer) - 8 1/4"
dia. x 1" high
Bottom Right
- Fruit Bowl (Cereal Plate)-
7 5/8" dia. x 1 3/8" high
Large Bowl
- 11 1/4" dia. x 4 3/4" high
Courtesy Wallace Colvard collection.
Small Bowl
- 6 1/2" dia. x 3" high
Courtesy Greg Williams collection.
Egg Hoop
- 2" high x 2" dia.
Celery Dish / Oval - 8 1/4" x 4 3/4" oval x 1" high
Consomme Cup -3 1/2" dia. x 2 1/2" high
Breakfast Cup - 3 1/2" dia. x 2 1/2" high
Breakfast Saucer - 6" dia. x 3/4" high
Top Left
- Hors-d'oeuvre Dish -6 7/8"
x 5 3/4" x 1 1/4" high
Top Right - Hors-d'oeuvre
Dish - Right Side - 6 7/8" x
6" x 1 1/4" high
Bottom - Hors-d'oeuvre
Dish - 9" x 5 5/8" x 1 1/2"
high
Pictured above are
four of the square Hors-d'oeuvre Dishes
assembled showing both "left" and "right"
pieces.
Courtesy Wallace Colvard collection.
In the picture above from the Cabin
Class Dining room, you can see many of the Maddock pieces in
use, including a dinner plate, salad crescent, celery oval, and
bread plate. In addition it appears a large Foley shell is being
used as well. Courtesy
RMS Foundation.
Photographs from
the archives of the QUEEN MARY. A very rare piece are the bowls pictured above.
If the crew member
below only knew how much those dinner plates would be worth today!
Courtesy RMS Foundation.
Small Oval (Maddock Vitrified)
- 6" x 3 3/4" oval x 1 1/8"
high
From the Robert Soliday collection.
Foley
Bone China Stoniers
Large Sugar Cube - 2 1/2" square x 1 3/4" high
Small Teapot - 3 1/4" square x 3 1/8" high
Small Sugar Cube - 2" square x 1 1/2" high
Small Creamer - 1 7/8" square x 2 7/8" high
Large Salt Dip - 4 1/4" x 4 3/4" x 7/8" high
Small Salt Dip - 3" x 3 1/2" x 5/8" high
These pieces have also been photographed
in use in the First Class Dining Room for serving nuts.
Sherbert Cup - 3 3/8" dia. x 2 1/8" high
Top Left
- Breakfast Cup- 3" dia.
x 2 1/2" high - Saucer - 5" dia x 1" high
Top Right
- Demitasse Cup - 2" dia. x 2
1/2" high - Saucer - 4 1/2" dia x 3/4"
high
Bottom Left
- Fruit Bowl - 7" dia. x 1 1/2"
high
Bottom Right
- Bread Plate - 6 1/2" dia. x
3/4" high
These plates were part of the tea
service used aboard the great Cunard liners.
From the Greg Williams collection.
This tray was used aboard the RMS
QUEEN MARY to serve tea to passengers
lounging in deck chairs along her
famous promenade.
14 1/4" x 12 1/4" x 1"
high - manufactured by Fraser & Glass Limited.
Copelands Grosvenor
China Stoniers
These pieces were used in First Class
aboard the Cunard liners, and were used earlier than the Foley
pieces.
Large Teapot - 4" square x 3 7/8" high
Large Creamer - 2 1/2" square x 4 1/8" high
Five-sided bowl - 7" dia. x 1 1/2" high
Courtesy Wallace Colvard collection.
J. Sadler &
Sons Ltd.
These pieces were used in Tourist
Class aboard the Cunard liners.
(left to right) Sugar Cube - 2" square x 1 1/2" high
Large Creamer - 2 3/4" square x 4 5/8" high
Tea Pot -
3 1/2" square x 3 1/4" high
Tea Pot w/Lid - 2 3/4" square x 4 1/2" high
Small Creamer - 2" square x 3" high
Courtesy Wallace Colvard collection.
Ridgway Potteries
Ltd.
These "Greek Key" pieces
were used in Tourist Class dining room
aboard the Cunard liners, including
the RMS QUEEN MARY.
Top Left
-Saucer - 6" dia x 1" high
Top Right
-Bread Plate - 7" dia x 1/2"
high
Bottom
-Dinner Plate - 9 1/4" dia x
1" high
From the Greg Williams collection.
Cup - 3
5/8" dia x 2 1/2" high / Saucer - 5 3/4"
dia x 1" high
Used in Third Class aboard the Queen's
From the Robert Soliday Collection.
Saucer - 6
1/4" dia x 1 1/4" high
This third-class saucer shows the
sticker used on china sold
aboard the RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH in
Ft. Lauderdale in 1969.
From the Robert Soliday Collection.
This "Greek Key" pattern
with the gold lines are believed to have come
from the MAURETANIA II (1939-1965).
Hors-d'oeuvre Dish - 7" x 5 3/4" x 1 1/4" high
Booths Ltd.
Soup Plate - 9 1/4" x 1 5/8" high
This plate was used aboard pre-war
Cunard liners.
From the Robert Soliday Collection.
Egg Hoop - 2
1/4" dia x 2 1/4" high
From the Robert Soliday Collection.
Note: This section is under
construction.
Minton China
From the Robert Soliday Collection.
Wedgwood
Oyster Dish - 9" x 7" oval x 1" high
This piece is believed to be from
the Lusitania
From the Robert Soliday Collection.
George Clews
& Co.
Souvenir Teaset - Robert Soliday collection.
If you have additional
pieces of Cunard china you would like to have listed on my website,
or for more information
on the pieces listed here, please contact me, Richard Villa,
at richard@cunardchina.com