Antique Edwin Bennett Pottery Co China Transferware Ironstone 4 Teacups Saucers

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Edwin Bennett Pottery Co. China Transferware Ironstone Set 4 Teacups & Saucers. Condition is "Used".
Up for auction is this wonderfully old Edwin Bennett Pottery teacup and saucer set. This 100+ year old piece of American Pottery is probably from the 1890's. According to my literature, that is when the wreath stamp on the bottom was used. These teacups have probably served many cups of tea given their age!! There are 4 cups and 4 saucers. I picked this at a local sale in MD (where I live- the pottery was originally located in Baltimore) a few years ago. It's time for a new home. There are no chips or cracks that I could find in any of the pieces. Crazing is consistent with the age of the piece.
From an internet search-
Edwin Bennett (March 6, 1818 – June 13, 1908), born in Newhall, Derbyshire, was an English American pioneer of the pottery industry and art in the United States, and founder of the Edwin Bennett Pottery Company of Baltimore, Maryland. Producing a variety of wares from the everyday to the fine and artistic, his company, originally founded in the 1840s as the Edwin Bennett Queensware Manufactory, continued in operation until forced to close during the Great Depression in 1936. Examples of Edwin Bennett pottery may be found in museums across the United States, including the Maryland Historical Society, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the National Museum of American History, as well as in private collections.