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Cunard Line

Foley China (English)
RMS Queen Mary Cunard Steamship Co. Tea Set
teapot, creamer, sugar, 4 tea cups and saucers
bone china, glazed and decorated
tea pot H:  3.875” & 4” square
creamer H:  2.875” & 1.875” square
sugar H:  1.5” & 2” square
4 teacups H:  2.375” & Diam:  2.375”
4 saucers Diam:  4.25”
The Dinnerware Museum, Museum Purchase, 2014.159

This rare bone china tea service manufactured in England by Foley, was part of the experience of dining on the RMS Queen Mary, part of the Cunard Line, which sailed primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967.  It is said that the Queen Mary and her sister ship, the Queen Elizabeth, dominated the transatlantic passenger transportation market until the dawn of the jet age in the late 1950s.  The Queen Mary was retired in 1967 and is now permanently moored at the port of Long Beach, California.  The squared tea service is a favorite dinnerware set in the permanent collection on the Dinnerware Museum in Ann Arbor.
(excerpted from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary)