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A collection of Tetley Tea Folk advertising ceramics including examples by Wade England and Lyons Tetley. This group features various figures from the Tetley promotional campaign dating from the late 1990s, depicting characters such as Gaffer and Sydney. The assortment includes multiple cookie jars, a teapot, milk jugs, mugs, egg cups, salt and pepper shakers, a money box, and a promotional tea van. The pieces are decorated with vibrant blue, brown, and white glazes. Various printed marks appear on the bases. A circular mark found on the larger cookie jars reads AN ORIGINAL DESIGN FOR LYONS TETLEY BY WADE ENGLAND. Other items feature circular marks reading AN ORIGINAL DESIGN FOR TETLEY GB BY WADE ENGLAND. Several bases are printed with the text WADE ENGLAND © Tetley GB Limited 1996 or WADE ENGLAND © Tetley GB Limited 1999. One Gaffer mug is housed in its original card and plastic packaging titled Tetley Tea Folk Gift Set, which carries a label stating the mug was made in China and includes tea bags with a best-before date of Nov 2012. Small hand-painted letters including KG, F, L, and T are visible on the undersides of some pieces.
Condition report:
The collection is in good overall condition. Surface dust and light grime are visible across the items, consistent with long-term shelf storage (photo 1). Minor paint wear and scuffing are present on the unglazed foot rims of several bases (photos 9, 10, and 11). The retail box for the gift set shows light wear to the card edges and minor creasing to the plastic window (photo 13). No chips, cracks, or restorations were observed in the photographs.
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