Vintage English Worcester Purple Yellow Pansies & Blue Gentian Flowers Boxed Set Plate & Matches / Toothpick / Cigarette Holder milk pail ladle Elizabeth Collard traces the evolution

Elizabeth Collard traces the evolution of these wares

This would be lovely alone or turned into a lamp for a garden room

slightly pointed rim

Standard Brands itself became part of Nabisco in 1981

The scene depicts a stately English manor in the background and a couple in the foreground

Vintage English Worcester Purple Yellow Pansies & Blue Gentian Flowers Boxed Set Plate & Matches / Toothpick / Cigarette Holder milk pail ladle Elizabeth Collard traces the evolutionPerfect English floral match holder and matching plate made by Royal Worcester. It features two different floral patterns, one on each side. One is Daffodils and the other side is Gentian. It is very striking (pun intended ). I believe this was made as a cigarette holder and ashtray or toothpick holder with a plate for spent picks, but it's a wonderful size thats perfect for holding matches, business cards, bobbi pins or even as a small mini vase. It