Vintage 1930’s Alfred Meakin Dinner Plate – Cascadia Pattern Linen Tea was sometimes stored in

Tea was sometimes stored in elaborate boxes or containers called tea caddies

A three division stainless steel serving dish with rolled rim

Alfred John's uncle Robert Johnson bought the company for his son Stuart Johnson and it stayed in the Johnson family's hands until 1976 when it became Myott-Meakin before becoming part of the Churchill Group

The saucer was manufactured during the 1940’s and is decorated in Tuscan Bone China’s “Orleans” pattern

Vintage 1930’s Alfred Meakin Dinner Plate – Cascadia Pattern Linen Tea was sometimes stored inThe Cascadia pattern was released by Alfred Meakin, Tunstall during the 1930s and displays a lovely bright multi coloured floral pattern with an embossed detail on a 18ct gold trimmed scalloped rim. Although this pattern (not the design) was discontinued by Alfred Meakin during the 1940s it was one of the patterns which became part of the Churchill Group in 1976. Alfred Meakin operated from 1875 at the Royal Albert, Victoria and Highgate Potteries in