Lancaster & Sandland England
6 Inch Round Trivet Ye Olden Days
For consideration is vintage
porcelain round trivet made by Lancaster & Sandland in England. This is
part of the range of pottery which Lancaster & Sandland produced starting
in the early 1940s. The center of the trivet has a village scene with people
and a horse and carriage done is done in mostly in brown and orange and green on
a cream background. The trivet is titled “Ye Olden Days” and the top rim and
base are edged in gold. A trivet is a small plate placed under a hot serving
dish (I’m imagining a teapot), to protect a table or surface.
This trivet measures just
under ½ inch tall and 6 inches in diameter. The base is stamped in green ink “A
English Ware Lancasters Ltd Hanley England”. This “Lancaster Ltd.” mark was
used from 1938 until 1944 at which time they became Lancaster & Sandland. The
letter 'A' indicates that this ware was made under the provisions of the
Wartime Concentration Scheme (see note below). The trivet is in excellent
vintage condition with no nicks, chips, cracks, repairs, scratches, or crazing
noted. There is some gold loss to the top edge gold ring. Buyer will pay
shipping on a 2 pound box. Thank you for looking!
NOTE: The Wartime Concentration Scheme and The
"A.B.C." Pottery Firms
The Second World War was a
difficult period for the British pottery industry. Severe restrictions were
placed on the production of decorated pottery. Decorated pottery required a lot
of man-hours and energy costs for extra firing in the kilns. But some
production would continue for sale abroad in order to earn foreign currency.
In 1941, British pottery
production was subject to a Concentration Scheme whereby individual firms were
classified as: nucleus, concentrated or closed-down. In 1942, maximum retail
prices were set and letters such as A, B or C incorporated in the backstamp. Some
restrictions were relaxed in 1945 and subsequent years but they were not fully
lifted until August 1952.