Vintage belleek fine bone china sinewy vines shamrocks

Creamer , 1 Cup and Saucer 1 toast holder . 1 sugar pot Excellent Vintage China ABOUT BELLEEK POTTERY ( BELLEEK ORIGINATED IN IELAND IN 1857 AND REMAINED IN PRODUCTION THERE UNTIL WORLD WAR I WHEN IT WAS DISCONTINUED FOR A TIME. LIKE MANY MANUFACTURERS OF CERAMICS SUCH AS THE FULPER AND ALAMO POTTERIES, BELLEEK STARTED OUT MAKING UTILITARIAN EARTHENWARE SUCH AS HOSPITAL FIXTURES, FLOOR TILES, AND TELEPHONE INSULATORS ALONG WITH ITEMS FOR HOUSEHOLD USE. BY 1863, AFTER A NUMBER OF FAILED ATTEMPTS MAKING FINE PORCELAIN, THE FACTORY WAS FINALLY PRODUCING BELLEEK PARIAN CHINA WHEN RECRUITING SEVERAL SKILLED ARTISANS TO GET THE NEW LINES UP AND RUNNING PROVED TO BE FRUITFUL. «STANDARDS WERE SET SO HIGH, THAT IN THE EARLY DAYS IT IS SAID THAT BARREL LOADS OF INFERIOR PORCELAIN WERE DUMPED INTO THE ERNE RIVER BELLEEK'S REPUTATION SPREAD, IT RECEIVED COMMISSIONS FROM QUEEN VICTORIA, THE PRINCE OF WALES AND MEMBERS OF THE NOBILITY. EXPORTS BEGAN FLOWING TO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA AND INDIA AS WELL».