Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

A Harringay Crest? Really!?!

This petit objet is on offer on ebay at the moment. But, really? A Harringay Crest? I've never seen one before. Can anyone cast any light on the matter? Or, is it just a fake crest?

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Permalink Reply by Debbie Coates on February 4, 2013 at 18:23

Strange!
This is the nearest thing I could find...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesex

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on February 4, 2013 at 18:24

Ah yes, Middx it is, I think. So, almost legit, if you'd a yen to sell some souvenir type china in years gone by.

Very nearly Essex too!

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Permalink Reply by Lee Andrews on February 4, 2013 at 18:23

That looks like the crest for Essex.

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Permalink Reply by Bethany Burrow Atherton on February 4, 2013 at 22:18

I spotted it too and did a small amount of digging. Apparently the company that made it (EB & Co, which stood for E Brain & Co, a Staffs pottery based in Fenton) did a range of such things called "The Dainty Ware" (not Dainty Wade, as in the eBay item description) and made them with different town/city/county crests on, presumably as some kind of souvenir or patriotic (or whatever the city equivalent is) item. Brain got eaten up (pardon the pun) by Wedgwood and is/was marketed under the Coalport brand. So, it was possibly mass-produced, as much as such things were, and from similar items I've seen on the internet, probably dates from the 20s or 30s, though I'm no expert. I have no idea about the crest, though!