Vintage English Worcester Purple Yellow Pansies & Blue Gentian Flowers Boxed Set Plate & Matches / Toothpick / Cigarette Holder milk pail ladle The cheeses which include Shropshire

The cheeses which include Shropshire Blue are matured individually and are turned and graded by hand

Measures: 18" x 12" x 1 5/8"

Elizabeth Collard traces the evolution of these wares

This would be lovely alone or turned into a lamp for a garden room

For consideration is this rare and hard to find brown toile vase by Royal Staffordshire in the Tonquin pattern by Clarice Cliff

Vintage English Worcester Purple Yellow Pansies & Blue Gentian Flowers Boxed Set Plate & Matches / Toothpick / Cigarette Holder milk pail ladle The cheeses which include ShropshirePerfect English floral match holder and matching plate made by Royal Worcester. It features two different floral patterns, one on each side. One is Daffodils and the other side is Gentian. It is very striking (pun intended ). I believe this was made as a cigarette holder and ashtray or toothpick holder with a plate for spent picks, but it's a wonderful size thats perfect for holding matches, business cards, bobbi pins or even as a small mini vase. It