Rare Antique T.J. & J Mayer Florentine Soup Bowl circa 1843-1855 undina beverage company We love it for its

We love it for its independent bookshops

but it is a marvel to think that it has been a part of the domestic landscape for 80 years

producing ironstone and graniteware until the 1950's

Fun to read but also to frame

Measures 8" inches (diameter) x 3

Rare Antique T.J. & J Mayer Florentine Soup Bowl circa 1843-1855 undina beverage company We love it for its{HISTORY} It's not often that we feature just a single soup bowl here in the shop, but this one deserves some extra attention. It's not only the oldest dish to come to the shop so far, but also, it's the most intricate in pattern. In business for just twelve years, brothers Thomas, John, and Joseph Mayer founded their pottery in 1843 in Burslem, England under the name T. J. & J. Mayer. Winners of an Exposition award in 1851, the Mayer brothers were