WEDGWOOD FLORENTINE GOLD CHINA - ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW
What you need to know about the Wedgwood Florentine Gold pattern:
This Florentine Gold pattern was manufactured for 25 years (1961 – 1986) by the Lenox China company, based in the US. This china pattern is not to be confused with another Florentine Gold pattern, w4220, which has a cream body and is not nearly as popular as this pattern. Part of the enormously successful Florentine range of patterns which feature medieval griffins in many different colors, Florentine has been a Wedgwood mainstay since its inception until today, although only one Florentine pattern is still being made (the Wedgwood Florentine Turquoise pattern). In contrast to other series of patterns in which the color change is incidental, in Florentine the color is crucial. Florentine Gold is a luscious, lavish pattern with a heavy gilded presence designed to make a statement of luxury and class, which it truly does.
There are many pieces to this pattern. Some to look for are:
- Dinner Plate (10 3/4”) Salad Plate (8 1/8”), Bread & Butter Plate (6”)
- (9”)
- There are 2 styles and sizes of the Cup & Saucer Sets: Leigh Shaped (2 3/4”) and Peony Shaped (2 ¼”)
- Dessert/Pie Plate (7”)
- Square Luncheon Plate (8 ½”)
- There are 2 other Styles of the Cup & Saucer Set: Leigh Shaped (2 5/8”) and Peony Shaped (2 1/8”)
- Square Salad Plate (8 ¼”)
- There are 2 sizes of the Rim Soup Bowl: 8” and 9”
- There are 3 styles of the Creamer: 4” 8 oz, 146 Shape Creamer (2 1/4 in, 10 OZ), Globe Shape Creamer (3 3/4 in, 7 OZ)
- There are 4 Styles of the Sugar Bowl: 146 Shape Sugar Bowl & Lid (2 ¾”), Leigh Shape Sugar Bowl & Lid (3 ¼”), 3 3/4 in, 7 OZ, Globe Shape Sugar Bowl & Lid (4”) and an Open Sugar Bowl (3”)
- There are 3 sizes in Oval Serving Platter 13”, 15” and 17”
- There are 2 sizes the Oval Vegetable Bowl: 10” and 11”
- 8” and 9” Salad Serving Bowl
- Gravy Boat & Underplate, Gravy Boat with Attached Underplate
- Small Ashtray
- Cigarette Box & Lid
- Cigarette Lighter