Retro Vintage 1970’s Wood & Sons Alpine Ironstone Tea Plate – Sherwood Pattern Utensils beautifully created with a speckled

beautifully created with a speckled surface on a cream toned background and decorated with a pattern of golden brown wheat displayed on the front

Their characteristic and unique decoration of hand thrown pieces encapsulated a turquoise colour along with white used primarily as the predominant colours and then additional patterns added with black

gentle green leaves and deep purple florals against a creamy yellow band highlighted with gold trim

This Alfred Meakin Glo White dinner set in crisp white with deep red rose décor and gold trim consists of the following:

Aside from slight rubbing of the gold trim the sugar bowl is in very good vintage condition

Retro Vintage 1970’s Wood & Sons Alpine Ironstone Tea Plate – Sherwood Pattern Utensils beautifully created with a speckledThe 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