CAPE BRETON ISLAND TARTAN Tea Cup and Matching Saucer by Elizabethan Fine Bone China of England. Condition is Excellent, no chips, cracks or wear. The colours of the tartan, deep greens, bright yellow and grey, all shine through with depth and splendour, and the gold trim is solid and vibrant. Made in England.
DID YOU KNOW? The Cape Breton Island Tartan was inspired by Mrs Lillian Crewe Walsh of Glace Bay, Cape Breton, who wrote a poem in praise of Cape Breton. This poem was brought by Mrs Walsh to Mrs Grant in 1957 and the tartan designed to accord with the poem: 'Black for the wealth of our coal mines, Grey for our Cape Breton steel, Green for our lofty mountains, Our valleys and our fields; Gold for the golden sunsets, Shining bright on the lakes of Bras d'Or, To show us God's hand has lingered, T o bless Cape Breton's shores.' (Source: District Tartans, P Smith and G Teall, 1992)
Size: Cup 3.25 dia x 2.75 inch high. Saucer 5.75 inch dia.
