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Cannot find another of these to reference against, any help appreciated.
Cheers

 

Can't help, but very interesting. "Dinner and Tea Sets for Teaching Table Setting in Schools." I must have been away that day.

 

Is there a handle on the cup? Idle guess is early to mid 19th C.

 

Is there more to the set ? Id guess 1880-1900 .How interesting.

 

Thanks for responding.
It is a full set, everything that it lists on the box

 

The few references I found online for E J Arnold & Sons dated from Edwardian times (1910-ish) to the 1970s.

The only "Tea Table Song" I found was by a Mr. Didbin and dated 1803. There are also breakfast table songs and dinner table songs of indeterminate age... nothing to measure up to "Baby Shark".

So make of that what you will.

 

Is there a maker's mark on any of the pieces?

 

Just a bit of company info:

E. J. Arnold & Son Ltd was founded in Leeds in 1863 and became a major firm of stationers, printers and publishers. In 1989 most of the firm was acquired by Nottingham Group plc and merged with Nottingham Educational Supplies to form NES Arnold. NES Arnold became part of the Novara group and in 2001 was purchased by Findel.
from: https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/watch/fob_search_browse.cfm?FOBFirmName=Duell, Sloan and Pearce

EJ Arnold & Son Ltd of Butterley Street, Leeds.
Educational stationers, publishers and bookbinders.
1863 Founded in Barnstaple, Devon by Edmund James Arnold
1870 Company relocated to Leeds.
c1930s? E. J. Arnold and Son Ltd., Butterley St., Leeds, LS10 1AX - makers of barometers, rain gauges, registers/forms, school equipment, thermometers, and thermometer screens.
1984 Company still trading at Parkside Lane, Dewsbury Road, Leeds.
from: https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/E._J._Arnold_and_Son

 

WOW!! Reads like a pretty comprehensive set!! From the cup, I love the browns, but am going to digress, and say I have ALWAYS longed for lovely, long & strong looking fingernails like yours!!!!!

 

Wel, that clears up a wee mystery. I have a miniature tureen in that pattern.

 

Here is a link to the 1897 book and text by Lois Bates with games for teaching children things such as setting the table.

I'm also wondering if any of the pieces in this set are marked.

"Games Without Music for Children"

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37165/37165-8.txt

 

I think a complete set, with the original box & label, would be highly sought-after. Nice find!

 

I found the Lois Bates book online, but the date I saw was after 2000 - probably when it was digitized. Also, while the box says Miss L Bates, it's fuzzy, and I was reading it as Alice L Bates.

Anyhow, definitely about 100 years after my original guess.

 

From that link:

GAMES WITHOUT MUSIC​

FOR CHILDREN​

BY
LOIS BATES
AUTHOR OF 'KINDERGARTEN GUIDE' 'RECITATIONS FOR INFANTS'
'GUESSING GAMES' 'SALTAIRE ACTION SONGS'
'SALTAIRE KINDERGARTEN GAMES' ETC.

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK AND BOMBAY
1897​

 

That's a lovely set. And if my kids are anything to go by a rare survivor. I can't imagine many sets escaped without some collateral damage!. It's actually a very pretty pattern too.