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ID number:  WB-HC0695
Institution:  Winterbourne House and Garden
Named collection:  Winterbourne House Collection
Title / Object name:  Miniature souvenir tea set with Birmingham 'Forward' coat of arms
Object type:  Ceramic
Place made:  Europe: United Kingdom, Staffordshire
Date made:  1910-1930
Materials:  Ceramic

Miniature souvenir tea set with Birmingham 'Forward' coat of arms. Belonged to donor's grandparents (Moseley, Birmingham). Donor's grandparents William and Florence Dickenson were employed by Bell & Nicolson as travelling salesman for baby clothes and draper's assistant - donor occasionally wore the samples. William Dickenson started at Bell & Nicolson in 1906 at 16 and stayed till retirement in 1950s by which time he was a buyer.

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