Johnson Brothers was founded in 1883 by Frederick and Alfred Johnson, two grandsons of the founders of the renowned English pottery, J. & G. Meakin, Eventually their manufacturing moved offshore to China around 2003
The company was a major supplier of tablewares, and this design was known as the Dawn series which was introduced in the 1920's and production continued through until the late 1960's
By the mid 1940's Johnson Brothers was one of the world's largest manufacturers of earthenware and ironstone china products. By this time their products were well known for quality, hardiness and reasonable pricing.
JOHNSON BROTHERS - Demitasse Teacup ONLY
Circa 1950's ~ 1960's (Based on the design and backstamp MADE IN ENGLAND - not just the single word ENGLAND)
Opaque earthenware, meaning you cannot see through the pourer when held to the light.
Design: Dawn Series
Colour: Golden Dawn ***
*** To be truthful, it looks more like Lemon Dawn (for which I can find no references!) the Yellow is more Lemon-like than Golden
All over colouring with no decoration at all
No features to specifically point out, plain simple and functional
Dimensions:
Top opening 74mm diameter
Height: 62mm
Weight: 100g
Photographs can be deceptive, this is a SMALL teacup but not a demi coffee cup such as those commonly used on the Continent. We had the complete set and this was a teaset not a coffee set.
BACKSTAMP DETAILS:
Limited information and in fact the name JOHNSON BROS is NOT on the backstamp but as I have indentical items from the same set (teapot) which DO have the makers name on them, I am 100% sure this is JOHNSON BROS product
Imprinted into the base underneath (quite difficult to read)
MADE IN
ENGLAND
NO artists marks at all (not surprising as there is no decorative work!)
COSMETIC CONDITION:
Clean
NO damage to the cup in all respects:
NO cracks
NO chips
NO crazing observed
NO discolouring
