This is a charming Art Deco Ceramic Toy Tea Set for One. The set is pale blue and has a bunny design throughout. It comprises a teapot, a cream jug, a sugar bowl and a cup and saucer.
The toy tea set was made in Staffordshire by Wiltshaw & Robinson under their Carlton Ware brand name and was part of their "Our Treasures" range. The range featured tea sets for one, two, three or six with either a cat design or a bunny design in a choice of green, pale blue, pink or yellow. A pink bunny set was given as a gift from Queen Mary to the young Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, in 1935 and remains part of The Royal Collection to this day.
Condition is very good, with no chips or cracks and just the superficial surface wear that has to be expected after many years of (very careful!) childhood play. Please make sure to view all the photographs.
The teapot is 11.5cm / 4.5ins long and 6cm / 2.4ins high the cream jug is 7.7cm / 3ins long and 2.3cm / 0.9ins high the sugar bowl is 7.5cm / 2.9ins long and 2.5cm / 1in high the teacup is 5.6cm / 2.2ins across the handle and 4.2cm / 1.6ins high and the saucer is 8cm / 3.1ins in diameter. All together the set weighs 260g / 9.17oz.
These sets were only ever marked with a rubber stamp on the underside of the teapot and there is only the faintest ghost of it remaining after many years of washing the set. The sets were introduced in 1934 and went out of production in 1939 at the start of World War II.