Pair of tumblers / beakers from Ridgways, in the Scenes From Coaching Days and Coaching Ways series. This series was created on an amber brown transferware pottery with black transfers. It was made in the 1890s to the 1920s. The series features illustrations chosen from ones by Hugh Thomson & Herbert Railton, that were contained in the book “Coaching Days and Coaching Ways” by W. Outram Tristram. The book was first published in 1888.

Each item showcases different scenes from routes along old English stagecoach roads. The coaches traveled between inns and villages and the scenes featured on the pottery highlight the travel and inns. Some of the buildings are still standing today.

Both items are marked on the base with “Scenes from Coaching Days & Coaching Ways by Special Permission of Macmillan & Co. Ltd. Ridgway England”. Macmillan & Co. refers to the book publishers in London and New York. They owned the copyrights to the book and the coaching illustrations.

Both items have crazing because of the type of glaze used on the pottery. They have a lustre rim. They are in good condition alt5there is a little wear to the lustre. They stand 12.75 cm high and have a diameter of 6.75 cm at the rim.