A Beautiful Vintage Colclough Bone China Tea Set in
A Beautiful Vintage Colclough Bone China tea set 6 cups 6 saucers 6 plates History of The Colclough China Company The Colclough china company was founded in by Herbert Joseph Colclough, who was an ex-Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent. Mr Colclough was a very conscientious man who loved his pottery and was known on occasion to stay up all night next to his kilns, which he had packed, so that he could be the first to see the new designs when they emerged. After expanding his company, he moved to the Vale potteries in Longton and was honoured when in he was visited by King George V and Queen Mary who gave royal licence for the company to produce Royal Vale china. Colclough ChinaIn the 's Colclough China Limited was expanding fast and it was then that they started to produce the tea and dinner ware that we know today. They were the first company to produce fine bone china for the every day market which was marketed by the piece, ruling out the need for large sets to be purchased first. In , Colclough China Limited took over Booths and Adderley and then in the early 's merged with the Ridgeway Company. Colclough and Ridgeway became part of the Royal Doulton Group in the early 's. However, in , Colclough production discontinued and manufacture ceased. Free local delivery