Mid Century Collectible Irish Porcelain Wade Celtic Design Teapot by James Borsey

This almost pristine teapot designed by James Borsey would make a lovely addition to any collection of Irish ceramics or lovers of vernacular Irish furniture and style.
Good size holds roughly two pints!
16 cm x high 24 cm
Suit a variety of interior decor be it contemporary or rustic farmhouse style.
“In the late 1950s, Wade (Ulster) Ltd produced a very limited number of tea ware items in the ‘Armagh’ range. The range comprised of a teapot, cream and sugar. The pot was just over 6" high and of circular shape. The cream was 3½" high and the open sugar, a fraction over 2" high with a diameter of 4". The decoration was heavily influenced by ancient Irish art and consisted of alternating vertical stripes of circular Celtic motifs and open chainwork, separated by plain bands of ground colour. Covered with the characteristic blue/green/brown glaze of Wade’s Irish Porcelain, these rare pieces have become particularly sought after by collectors of Irish Wade. The teapot caries the Borsey signature on the base and though the other two items, the cream and sugar, are usually found without the name, there is no doubt that the entire range was designed by James Borsey.
Jim Borsey was born in Ashton-under-Lyme in January 1920. He was the son of Percy and Jane Borsey. In 1939, at the outbreak of WW2 he enlisted in the Manchester Regiment and eventually became an armoury sergeant. In 1940 he was posted to Northern Ireland and it was here that he met his future wife, Mary Ellen Wilson of Armagh. They were married on 20th July 1942. Jim joined Wades Portadown in 1948, and for about ten years he was employed as a tool-fitter, a job he particularly enjoyed as it gave him the opportunity to use the practical skills he had learnt in the army. Later, he moved to the turning shop and eventually he was given the opportunity by Iris Carryer to use his creative talents as a designer.”