21 Piece Alfred Meakin Glo White Tea Set Art & Craft The presentation case is clad

The presentation case is clad in black faux hide with a hinged lid and white satin liner

Both the saucer and tea plate have scalloped rims while all three items are mildly fluted along the sides

The item is a beautiful large and heavy ceramic pedestal cake plate / stand with an embossed and scalloped rim

Edwin and Frank continued the business as Atkin Brothers

21 Piece Alfred Meakin Glo White Tea Set Art & Craft The presentation case is cladAlfred Meakin Ltd was set up in 1875 and operated from the Royal Albert, Victoria and Highgate Potteries in Tunstall. Alfred Meakin was the brother of James and George Meakin who ran a large pottery company in Hanley, Stoke on Trent. Alfred Meakin died in 1904 and was succeeded by his son Alfred James who died only four years later. Alfred John's uncle Robert Johnson bought the company for his son Stuart Johnson and it stayed in the Johnson family's