Vintage Wedgwood Ice Rose Milk Jug, Sugar Bowl and Two Handled Bowl in Pale Blue

A vintage Wedgwood Ice Rose bone china trio in white and pale blue: a milk jug, an open sugar bowl and a two handled bowl, each printed with soft blue roses on grey and gold stems.

Ice Rose sat in many a best china cabinet, and it is easy to see why. Two frosty blue roses bloom across each piece, with grey and gold leaves trailing beneath, all on Wedgwood's bright white bone china. Put the milk jug and sugar bowl on a tray and the two handled bowl finishes the picture: a wide, shallow dish with a handle either side and a little rosebud spray painted inside.

Wedgwood made Ice Rose for many years across tea, coffee and dinner services, and collectors still hunt for pieces to fill the gaps in their sets. The pale, wintry blooms sit just as happily on a summer table as they do at Christmas. Each piece carries the Portland Vase backstamp reading Wedgwood Bone China Made in England, Ice Rose, with the pattern number R4306 on the sugar bowl.

The milk jug stands 9cm high and measures 10cm from lip to handle and 6cm wide. The sugar bowl is 6.5cm high with a diameter of 8.5cm, and the two handled bowl is 6cm high, 12cm across the bowl and 16.5cm across the handles. All three are in good vintage condition, with bright, clear prints.

We would set all three out together on a tray for afternoon tea, with the bowl holding a few shortbread biscuits, or a little spray of tea roses snipped from the garden. Away from the teapot, it makes a pretty dish for wrapped sweets on a coffee table or a bedside home for rings. A lovely gift, too, for anyone building up their own Ice Rose service.