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Booths – Real Old WillowThis is the most widely collected of all Booths patterns, and was produced for most of the 20th century, finally coming to an end in 1999. See the bottom of this page for information on the different versions of Real Old Willow, their DATING, and the pattern numbers 9072 and A8025. |
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Plates, bowls, serving dishesIn various shapes and sizes
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Tea and coffee wareCups of various shapes and sizes, tea and coffee pots,
sugar bowls, etc. |
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Other items
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The Different Varieties of Real Old Willow Gold
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Brown
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Gold and brown We believe this was produced by adding gilding to the brown version - in the photo you can clearly see that on this example the gold band does not accurately mask the brown below. |
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A Note on the Dating of 9072 and A8025 Dating of the two REAL OLD WILLOW patterns is controversial. Parkin follows the information given in Geoffrey Godden's Encyclopedia of British Pottery & Porcelain Marks, which implies the following dates for Booths china: |
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Godden's (incorrect) dating for Real Old Willow | ||
1906-1912
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1912-1930
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9072 SILICON CHINA
1906-1921 |
9072 SILICON CHINA The correct dating is shown below 1921-1944 |
A8025
1944-1981 |
Research undertaken by Conrad Biernacki published in the April 1984 issue of Willow Transfer Quarterly backs up the above chronology. Note the following:
These dates correlate with our observations of impressed date stamps on a wide selection of Real Old Willow flatware. The date stamps, when present, take the form of 3 or 4 numbers, often accompanied by the word BOOTHS, and give the month and year of manufacture of the clay body upon which the transfer was fired. Here are some examples: 335 - March 1935 Unfortunately, many dealers still insist on the dates given by Godden, even when items are clearly impressed with contradictory date stamps. This confusion is also widespread amongst other Booths patterns with the Silicon China "Crown" mark, such as Parrot, Netherlands, Pagoda, etc, which were all produced much later than the supposed 1912 cut-off point, as is evident from impressed dates. When the Booths factory closed in 1981, Royal Doulton decided to continue production of REAL OLD
WILLOW, with their own backstamp, adding the words "The
Majestic Collection". This range was produced on a translucent
china body rather then the opaque Silicon China one, and was
in production from 1982 until 1999. These later items with the
Doulton backstamp are still widely available, but are too recent
to be of interest to many collectors.
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