Butter dish with lid Booths Real Old Willow

In the 18th century there was a great interest in Asian art in Europe. Especially porcelain and especially blue porcelain was incredibly popular. The Old Willow pattern was probably designed for the British brand Spode in 1780 after which it became famous and was taken over by several porcelain makers.

At the end of the 19th century, the British brand Booths started making a new series of porcelain with the well-known Willow pattern. From the beginning of the 20th century, this series: Real Old Willow was marketed. The series was produced until 1999 and has many variations that are sometimes not noticeable but say a lot about the period in which it was made.

Booths Real Old Willow production year recognition

During the production period of the Booths Real Old Willow tableware, various logos were applied to the tableware, which allows us to determine the dating.

There are different logos for the production periods: 1906-1921, 1921-1944, 1944-1981 and 1981 to last production.
Want to know how to recognize these periods? Then read on in the blog about the story behind the Booths Real Old Willow tableware.

Also read more about the story of the pattern that can be seen on each part.