Crown Staffordshire Lyric Tunis Blue Mini Round Covered Butter Dish (embossed)

Description

Tunis Mini Round Covered Butter Dish
The Blue Tunis Lyric pattern was used between 1959 to 1978 by Staffordshire across dinner, tea and coffee services. This covered butter dish is gilt edged with a bright floral and blue pattern on warm-white – think elegant country cottage.
In 1897 the name Crown Staffordshire first appeared in the title of the firm and in 1903 it became a limited company under the name Crown Staffordshire Porcelain Co. Ltd. By the turn of the century, the company were producing a wide range of bone china products including dinner ware, tea and coffee ware, miniatures, vases, cutlery handles, door furniture and floral china baskets.
In the late 1920's Crown Staffordshire pioneered the large scale production of china floral ornaments and china costume jewellery for which they became famous.
In 1948 the name of the company was changed to Crown Staffordshire China Co. Ltd."
The company ceased and became part of the Wedgwood Group in 1973.