Rare 1950s WEMBLEY WARE | Set of 5 Harlequin Lusterware Dessert or Sundae Bowls
A set of five harlequin lusterware bowls produced by Wembley Ware in Subiaco, Western Australia. Each footed bowl is in the shape of a six-petal open flower. The colors are bright, iridescent, and shimmering, and both the flower edges and the rim of the base are gilded. The set consists of 2 pink, 1 blue, 1 yellow and 1 green bowl
There are two small fleabites/chips to the edge of the saucer in one of the pinks one, a small fleabite to the rim of the saucer of the yellow one and a small chip to the outside of the bowl and the rim of the saucer on the green one. There is some very light crazing to saucer of the yellow one. Otherwise in lovely, vibrant vintage conditon.
The base of each bowl an indentation of 'Wembley Ware'. The Wembley Ware name was used between 1946 and 1961 for ceramic homewares produced in Perth, Western Australia, by Bristile (H.L. Brisbane and Wunderlich Ltd).
