Retro Vintage 1970’s Wood & Sons Alpine Ironstone Open Sugar Bowl – Sherwood Pattern Silver & Metalware Height of tray: 1

Height of tray: 1

The two plates each have a single chip (one underneath the rim not visible from the top and the other on top of the rim

During the 1960’s Alfi Manufactured and released an identical thermal jug in a chromed version

The business was established in 1851 at the Central Pottery in Burslem as Hulme and Booth

The Manoir shape incorporates Elizabethan charm with Victorian elegance and was first used in Germany

Retro Vintage 1970’s Wood & Sons Alpine Ironstone Open Sugar Bowl – Sherwood Pattern Silver & Metalware Height of tray: 1The firm was established in 1865 by Absalom Wood and his son Thomas Francis Wood. In 1921 Harry F Wood took over from his father Thomas and the firm became successful. In 1954 the firm became an Ltd. under the name Wood & Sons. During the 1970s the firm fought two unsuccessful takeover bids, one by Barrets in 1975 and the other by Staffordshire Pottery in 1979. The takeover bids weakened the firm financially and in 1981 the bank took control of the