Coalport Card Fine Bone China Place Card Holder approximately 1" - 1" . A beautiful addition to your tablescape. The perfect table top accessory for the elegant hostess.
Place Cards have a long history, dating back to ancient civilizations where they were used for various purposes, such as divination and game playing. The earliest known card game was played in China in the 9th century, and cards soon spread to other parts of Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.
These vintage Porcelain flower place card holders, were hand made in England in the 20th Century and stamped on the bottom with the makers mark. Each has a slightly different flower. In very good vintage condition. Slight wear appropriate for age and use.
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DIMENSIONS: Approximately 1" length, 1" H
FACTS & HISTORY: Coalport, Shropshire, England was a centre of porcelain and pottery production between about 1795 and 1926, with the Coalport porcelain brand continuing to be used up to the present. The opening in 1792 of the Coalport Canal, which joins the River Severn at Coalport, had increased the attractiveness of the site, and from 1800 until a merger in 1814 there were two factories operating, one on each side of the canal, making rather similar wares which are now often difficult to tell apart.
Both factories made mostly tablewares that had elaborate overglaze decoration, mostly with floral subjects. A further round of mergers in 1819 brought moulds and skilled staff from Nantgarw porcelain and Swansea porcelain to Coalbrookdale, which continued to thrive through the rest of the century. The Coalport factory was founded by John Rose in 1795; he continued to run it successfully until his death in 1841. The company often sold its wares as Coalbrookdale porcelain, especially the pieces with flowers modeled in three dimensions, and they may be called Coalport China.
