Rare Wild Bros Edwardian Imari DUKE Pattern 19-Piece Tea Set for 6 c.1904-1907

Rare Antique Wild Bros Edwardian Imari 19-Piece Tea Set for 6.  Duke Pattern dating from c.1904-1907.

Wild Brothers was an English fine bone china and porcelain manufacturer based in Staffordshire during the Edwardian era.  Their Imari lines feature traditional Japanese inspired Imari aesthetics – typically hand-coloured and heavily gilded china patterns utilising deep cobalt blues, orangey reds and lime greens.  The patterns were hand painted and gilded over delicate brown transfer printed outlines on translucent bone china.

The tea cups are in the straight sided style with a gently flared and scalloped rim.  The saucers and tea plates are also slightly scalloped to the edges.

Set consists of the following:

6 x Tea Cups.  Capacity 7 fluid ounces. 2¾” deep with a top rim diameter of 3”

6 x Saucers. 5½” diameter

6 x Tea Plates.  7” diameter

1 x Cake / Bread & Butter Serving Plate.  9½” diameter

Rare Antique, used condition with slight wear to the gilding and a tiny bit of age related discolouration in the bottom of a couple of cups.  Also, flea bites which were not unusual at that time.  Generally in undamaged condition and very usable.  There is a very faint hairline (which does seem to be quite stable) on one of the saucers as shown.  I don’t usually offer any items for sale with any damage but it seemed a shame to break up this tea set for the sake of such a tiny imperfection on this 110+ year old set.