Hazle Ceramics - A Nation of Shopkeepers - The Tea Shop

Great Condition

Based on a building located in Banbury,Red Phone box Oxfordshire the popular (almost sold out) Tea Shop was originally a Tudor Coaching Inn, built around 1567, and was more recently a Barclays Bank. These hostelries were essential stopping points back in the days of horse drawn coach travel, and can still be seen in many High Streets.

The patented designs are noted for fine detailing in the modelling, and individual hand painting. While architecturally correct and cast from Hazle’s original models and moulds, no two buildings are ever quite the same.

The main range, ‘A Nation of Shopkeepers’, collectable wall plaques, captures the nostalgia of the British High Street or Main Street. Based in Sidmouth, Napoleon called the English ‘A Nation of Shopkeepers’ and Hazle sees that as a compliment to the kind of liveliness and endeavour that can be found in the British High Street, with its hotchpotch of architectural styles and bustling activity. Her personal enthusiasm has led her to reflecting this in a treasury of traditional ceramics. The range has received the British Giftware Association Award for the ‘Best Collectible’ for its ‘originality and value’.