Halcyon Days
Halcyon Days is a distinguished British luxury goods brand, renowned for its exquisite enamelware, fine bone china, and other high-end gifts. Founded in 1950, the company has a rich heritage of reviving traditional English craftsmanship, particularly in the art of enameling. Notably, Halcyon Days holds all three Royal Warrants to the British Royal Household, a testament to its commitment to quality and excellence. They produce a wide variety of luxury items, and are known for their collaborations with prestigious organisations.
Halcyon Days | Luxury British Bone China, Enamelware & Accessories
About Halcyon Days
Halcyon Days is the most comprehensively represented brand at Thomas Goode India, the maker whose work appears across every category the collection covers, from fine bone china dinner plates and complete tea sets to enamel bangles, silk scarves, scented candles, and the Ganesh Enamel Box. To understand the Thomas Goode India collection at its broadest, understanding Halcyon Days is essential.
The brand was founded in 1950 by Susan Benjamin as a small emporium of antique gifts at Avery Row in Mayfair, London, specialising in 17th and 18th-century English enamel objects. Susan Benjamin's fascination with enamelware had been kindled by her mother, who collected small enamel boxes and regularly took her to see them at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. By 1970, Benjamin had moved beyond dealing in antiques to reviving the production of them: she established a collaboration with enamel manufacturers in Bilston and Battersea — the Midlands and London workshops where the 18th-century English enamelling tradition had originally flourished — to produce new enamelware using the traditional techniques that had nearly entirely ceased by the 1830s. Halcyon Days became the sole reviver of the art of English enamelling after the Second World War.
The impact of this revival was immediate and royal. In 1970, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother commissioned Halcyon Days to produce a special enamel box depicting her London residence, Clarence House — the brand's very first royal commission. The Queen Mother's appreciation for the artistry and heritage of the Halcyon Days enamel box sparked a relationship that grew across the following decade. In 1972, the brand received its first Royal Warrant of Appointment from The Queen Mother as Supplier of Objets d'Art to the Royal Household. By the late 1980s, Halcyon Days held all four Royal Warrants then in existence from HM Queen Elizabeth II, HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, and HRH The Prince of Wales. In 2024, His Majesty King Charles III granted a new Royal Warrant to Halcyon Days, extending this relationship into the new reign.
Today, Halcyon Days is one of only fourteen companies in the world to hold all three Royal Warrants to the British Royal Household. It operates two production facilities: an enamelware factory in Wolverhampton, the heart of the English Midlands where the 18th-century enamelling tradition originated — and a fine bone china factory in Stoke-on-Trent. The brand's headquarters and primary retail presence are in London, with Thomas Goode India as its authorised Indian retailer.
The Halcyon Days Craft Traditions
English Enamelling on Copper
The enamelling tradition that Halcyon Days revived in 1970 is specifically the art of enamel-on-copper — a technique distinct from the cloisonné and champlevé enamelling traditions of other cultures, and from the kiln-fired ceramic lustre enamels used in pottery. English enamel-on-copper, which flourished in the workshops of Bilston (Staffordshire) and Battersea (London) during the second half of the 18th century, involves applying finely powdered glass — the enamel — to a copper base and firing it in a kiln at temperatures that cause the glass to fuse permanently to the metal surface. Multiple layers of enamel, each fired separately, build up the depth of colour and the surface quality of the finished piece.
The decoration is applied by hand by trained artists, typically using fine brushes and transfer-printing techniques for complex pictorial scenes. The result is a surface that is simultaneously glass (with glass's depth, luminosity, and permanence) and metal (with metal's precise forming and structural integrity) — a combination that no other decorative technique achieves. Halcyon Days produces its enamelware at its Wolverhampton factory using these traditional techniques, with artisans whose skills represent a direct continuation of the 18th-century craft.
Fine Bone China at Stoke-on-Trent
Halcyon Days' bone china production at its Stoke-on-Trent factory applies the same design discipline and craft standards as the enamelware range to fine bone china — the material standard of English luxury tableware since the late 18th century. Fine bone china, incorporating approximately 50% calcined bone ash, produces the exceptional whiteness, translucency, and precision of surface that allow the Halcyon Days pattern vocabulary — Antler Trellis, Castle of Mey, Marguerite, Parterre, Basket Weave, Audley Scalloped — to be applied with the same clarity as the enamelware designs, on a material suited for active tableware use.
Both production facilities operate under the same design identity, meaning that a Castle of Mey bone china tea cup, an Antler Trellis dinner plate, and a Halcyon Days enamel box all exist within the same coherent decorative world — different materials and objects, but the same craft philosophy and visual vocabulary.
The Halcyon Days Range at Thomas Goode India
Tableware: Plates, Cups & Saucers
The Antler Trellis family — the brand's most versatile and extensively produced pattern — is available across dinner plates in Dark Green & Gold, Ivory & Gold, and the bold Antler Trellis & Stag Red at 10 inches. Side plates and a full range of tea cups and saucers extend the Antler Trellis service across every dining and tea format. The Marguerite Pink, Basket Weave Green, and Audley Scalloped ranges provide further dinner plate options at the same bone china standard. The Parterre Gold, Parterre Black with Poinsettia, and Castle of Mey Shell Garden Floral families complete the dinner and side plate range.
For the tea and coffee service, Halcyon Days provides the widest pattern variety in the collection: Antler Trellis mugs (Black, Green, Stag Red and Green), Castle of Mey mugs (Primula Yellow, Rose Pink, Nasturtium Green), Marguerite Pink mug, Parterre Gold and Parterre with Poinsettia mugs, Basket Weave Green mug, and the coordinating tea cups and saucers across each pattern family. The Antler Trellis lidded teapots, cream jugs, and sugar bowls complete the full service context across the brand's most extensive pattern family.
Tea Sets & Gifting Formats
The Marguerite Pink Tea Set for Two, the Marguerite Pink Tea Cup & Saucer Set of 6, and the Castle of Mey Shell Garden Floral Tea for One Sets in Rose Pink and Primula Yellow are the most self-contained gifting formats in the Halcyon Days tableware range — complete, beautifully presented, and carrying the Royal Warrant heritage of the brand in a format appropriate for every personal and corporate gifting occasion in India.
Candles
The Halcyon Days lidded candle range is one of the most distinctive luxury candle formats in the collection. Each candle is housed in a fine bone china vessel in the same Halcyon Days pattern as the corresponding tableware — the Antler Trellis Dark Green & Gold Scottish Pine Lidded Candle, the Castle of Mey Hyacinth Lidded Candle, the Parterre Gold Jasmine Lidded Candle, and others. The bone china lid preserves fragrance between uses and, removed, functions as a small decorative dish. These candles are the natural gifting companion to Halcyon Days tableware: a Castle of Mey candle gifted alongside Castle of Mey tea cups creates a paired gift whose design coherence communicates considered selection.
Accessories: Bangles, Cufflinks & Scarves
The Halcyon Days accessories range at Thomas Goode India is the most complete expression of the brand's enamel tradition in wearable form. Bangles in 18ct gold-plated brass with hand-applied enamel are available in hinged, torque, and open cuff constructions across the Agama, Agama Sparkle, Salamander, Classic Tiger, Bee, Leopard, Race Horse, and Pavé Button series — at 6mm skinny cuff and 13mm medium cuff widths. Cufflinks for men in gold and palladium finish span the motoring, equestrian, nautical, and talisman registers. Silk scarves and pocket squares in 100% pure silk at 45 x 45 cm complete the accessories range.
The Ganesh Enamel Box and Divinities
The Ganesh Enamel Box — a Halcyon Days hand-painted enamel box with the Ganesha iconographic form as its decorative subject — is the most culturally specific piece in the Halcyon Days range at Thomas Goode India. The combination of the 18th-century English enamelling tradition, revived by the brand in 1970 and practised continuously since, with one of Hinduism's most universally recognised devotional forms produces an object of unique cross-cultural craft standing. It sits in the Divinities collection alongside the Moser crystal Ganesh sculptures and the Herend Ganesha porcelain sculpture.
Katori Bowls
The Antler Trellis Ivory Katori Bowls and Celadon Border Katori Bowls in fine bone china extend the Halcyon Days range into the traditional Indian individual serving bowl format — one of several India-specific product directions in the Thomas Goode India collection.
The Royal Warrant Heritage and the Castle of Mey Connection
The Castle of Mey Shell Garden Floral pattern holds a specific significance in the Halcyon Days range that goes beyond its decorative character. The Castle of Mey is the Scottish castle that belonged to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother — the same royal patron who commissioned the very first Halcyon Days enamel box in 1970 and whose appreciation of the brand's craft initiated the Royal Warrant relationship. The Shell Garden at the Castle of Mey, tended by the Queen Mother herself, provided the botanical design source for the pattern — making the Castle of Mey collection one of the few luxury tableware designs in the world to carry both a named royal commission origin and a documented connection to a specific, named garden in the British royal estate heritage.
At Thomas Goode India, the Castle of Mey collection spans dinner plates, tea cups and saucers, mugs, lidded candles, Tea for One Sets, and the Ganesh Enamel Box — connecting the Royal Warrant heritage and the Castle of Mey design story across every category the brand occupies.
Gifting Guide
Halcyon Days is the most versatile gifting brand at Thomas Goode India, addressing every scale of occasion, every category of recipient, and every cultural context in India where a luxury gift is appropriate. The bangles for Diwali, Karva Chauth, and personal occasions; the Tea for One Sets for housewarmings and personal gifting; the Tea Sets for Six for weddings; the lidded candles for festive and corporate occasions; the cufflinks for professional milestones; the Ganesh Enamel Box for devotional and collector gifting — no other brand in the collection covers this range.
The natural gifting approach with Halcyon Days is to combine pieces within the same pattern family: a Castle of Mey tea cup alongside a Castle of Mey lidded candle; an Antler Trellis mug alongside an Antler Trellis bangle in a coordinating colourway; a Parterre Coffee Cup set alongside a Parterre dinner plate. The shared design vocabulary across tableware, accessories, and candles within each Halcyon Days pattern family is precisely what makes these pairings coherent rather than coincidental.
To Shop Halcyon Days Luxury British Bone China, Enamelware & Accessories Online in India, the full range is available at thomasgoode.in/collections/halcyon-days, with personalised gifting assistance from the Thomas Goode India team.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Halcyon Days and what does it make?
Halcyon Days is a British luxury brand founded in 1950 by Susan Benjamin in Mayfair, London. The brand is the sole reviver of the art of English enamelling after the Second World War, operating an enamelware factory in Wolverhampton and a fine bone china factory in Stoke-on-Trent. It produces hand-crafted enamelware, fine bone china tableware, enamel bangles and accessories, 100% pure silk scarves, and scented candles. Halcyon Days is one of only fourteen companies in the world to hold all three Royal Warrants to the British Royal Household as Supplier of Objets d'Art, including a new warrant granted by King Charles III in 2024.
How did Halcyon Days receive its Royal Warrants?
In 1970, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother commissioned Halcyon Days to produce a special enamel box depicting her London residence, Clarence House — the brand's first royal commission. This began a relationship recognised with the brand's first Royal Warrant in 1972. By the late 1980s, Halcyon Days held all four Royal Warrants then in existence: from HM Queen Elizabeth II, HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, and HRH The Prince of Wales. In 2024, His Majesty King Charles III granted a new Royal Warrant to Halcyon Days, extending this royal relationship into the new reign.
What is the Castle of Mey collection and why is it significant?
The Castle of Mey Shell Garden Floral pattern is inspired by the Shell Garden at the Castle of Mey — the Scottish castle owned by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, whose garden she personally tended. The pattern is a botanical design drawn from the actual garden of the royal patron who initiated Halcyon Days' Royal Warrant relationship in 1970, making it one of the few luxury tableware designs in the world with a documented royal commission origin and a named connection to a specific place in the British royal heritage. At Thomas Goode India, the Castle of Mey collection is available across dinner plates, tea cups, mugs, Tea for One Sets, and lidded candles.
What Halcyon Days products are available at Thomas Goode India?
Thomas Goode India carries the most comprehensive Halcyon Days range in India, spanning fine bone china dinner plates, tea cups and saucers, mugs, teapots and creamers, katori bowls, complete tea sets, lidded scented candles, 18ct gold enamel bangles, cufflinks, 100% pure silk scarves, and the Ganesh Enamel Box — across pattern families including Antler Trellis, Castle of Mey, Marguerite, Parterre, Basket Weave, and Audley Scalloped.
What is the Halcyon Days Antler Trellis pattern?
The Antler Trellis is Halcyon Days' most extensively produced and versatile pattern family — a design combining a trellis geometric structure with antler figurative motifs, drawn from the British country house textile and wallpaper tradition. Available at Thomas Goode India in Dark Green & Gold, Ivory & Gold, and the bolder Antler Trellis & Stag Red and Green colourways, Antler Trellis spans dinner plates, tea cups and saucers, mugs, teapot, cream jugs, katori bowls, candles, and bangles — the most cross-category pattern family in the collection.
How should Halcyon Days bone china and enamelware be cared for?
Fine bone china pieces from Halcyon Days — plates, mugs, tea cups, teapots — should be hand-washed in warm water with mild liquid detergent and dried immediately. Dishwasher use is not recommended as it can affect the precision of the surface decoration over time. Enamelware pieces — bangles, enamel boxes, the Ganesh Enamel Box — should be kept away from abrasive surfaces and harsh chemicals, and stored individually to prevent the enamel surface from contact with other objects. Silk scarves should be hand-washed or dry-cleaned and stored flat or loosely rolled.
Halcyon Days | Luxury British Bone China, Enamelware & Accessories
About Halcyon Days
Halcyon Days is the most comprehensively represented brand at Thomas Goode India, the maker whose work appears across every category the collection covers, from fine bone china dinner plates and complete tea sets to enamel bangles, silk scarves, scented candles, and the Ganesh Enamel Box. To understand the Thomas Goode India collection at its broadest, understanding Halcyon Days is essential.
The brand was founded in 1950 by Susan Benjamin as a small emporium of antique gifts at Avery Row in Mayfair, London, specialising in 17th and 18th-century English enamel objects. Susan Benjamin's fascination with enamelware had been kindled by her mother, who collected small enamel boxes and regularly took her to see them at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. By 1970, Benjamin had moved beyond dealing in antiques to reviving the production of them: she established a collaboration with enamel manufacturers in Bilston and Battersea — the Midlands and London workshops where the 18th-century English enamelling tradition had originally flourished — to produce new enamelware using the traditional techniques that had nearly entirely ceased by the 1830s. Halcyon Days became the sole reviver of the art of English enamelling after the Second World War.
The impact of this revival was immediate and royal. In 1970, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother commissioned Halcyon Days to produce a special enamel box depicting her London residence, Clarence House — the brand's very first royal commission. The Queen Mother's appreciation for the artistry and heritage of the Halcyon Days enamel box sparked a relationship that grew across the following decade. In 1972, the brand received its first Royal Warrant of Appointment from The Queen Mother as Supplier of Objets d'Art to the Royal Household. By the late 1980s, Halcyon Days held all four Royal Warrants then in existence from HM Queen Elizabeth II, HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, and HRH The Prince of Wales. In 2024, His Majesty King Charles III granted a new Royal Warrant to Halcyon Days, extending this relationship into the new reign.
Today, Halcyon Days is one of only fourteen companies in the world to hold all three Royal Warrants to the British Royal Household. It operates two production facilities: an enamelware factory in Wolverhampton, the heart of the English Midlands where the 18th-century enamelling tradition originated — and a fine bone china factory in Stoke-on-Trent. The brand's headquarters and primary retail presence are in London, with Thomas Goode India as its authorised Indian retailer.
The Halcyon Days Craft Traditions
English Enamelling on Copper
The enamelling tradition that Halcyon Days revived in 1970 is specifically the art of enamel-on-copper — a technique distinct from the cloisonné and champlevé enamelling traditions of other cultures, and from the kiln-fired ceramic lustre enamels used in pottery. English enamel-on-copper, which flourished in the workshops of Bilston (Staffordshire) and Battersea (London) during the second half of the 18th century, involves applying finely powdered glass — the enamel — to a copper base and firing it in a kiln at temperatures that cause the glass to fuse permanently to the metal surface. Multiple layers of enamel, each fired separately, build up the depth of colour and the surface quality of the finished piece.
The decoration is applied by hand by trained artists, typically using fine brushes and transfer-printing techniques for complex pictorial scenes. The result is a surface that is simultaneously glass (with glass's depth, luminosity, and permanence) and metal (with metal's precise forming and structural integrity) — a combination that no other decorative technique achieves. Halcyon Days produces its enamelware at its Wolverhampton factory using these traditional techniques, with artisans whose skills represent a direct continuation of the 18th-century craft.
Fine Bone China at Stoke-on-Trent
Halcyon Days' bone china production at its Stoke-on-Trent factory applies the same design discipline and craft standards as the enamelware range to fine bone china — the material standard of English luxury tableware since the late 18th century. Fine bone china, incorporating approximately 50% calcined bone ash, produces the exceptional whiteness, translucency, and precision of surface that allow the Halcyon Days pattern vocabulary — Antler Trellis, Castle of Mey, Marguerite, Parterre, Basket Weave, Audley Scalloped — to be applied with the same clarity as the enamelware designs, on a material suited for active tableware use.
Both production facilities operate under the same design identity, meaning that a Castle of Mey bone china tea cup, an Antler Trellis dinner plate, and a Halcyon Days enamel box all exist within the same coherent decorative world — different materials and objects, but the same craft philosophy and visual vocabulary.
The Halcyon Days Range at Thomas Goode India
Tableware: Plates, Cups & Saucers
The Antler Trellis family — the brand's most versatile and extensively produced pattern — is available across dinner plates in Dark Green & Gold, Ivory & Gold, and the bold Antler Trellis & Stag Red at 10 inches. Side plates and a full range of tea cups and saucers extend the Antler Trellis service across every dining and tea format. The Marguerite Pink, Basket Weave Green, and Audley Scalloped ranges provide further dinner plate options at the same bone china standard. The Parterre Gold, Parterre Black with Poinsettia, and Castle of Mey Shell Garden Floral families complete the dinner and side plate range.
For the tea and coffee service, Halcyon Days provides the widest pattern variety in the collection: Antler Trellis mugs (Black, Green, Stag Red and Green), Castle of Mey mugs (Primula Yellow, Rose Pink, Nasturtium Green), Marguerite Pink mug, Parterre Gold and Parterre with Poinsettia mugs, Basket Weave Green mug, and the coordinating tea cups and saucers across each pattern family. The Antler Trellis lidded teapots, cream jugs, and sugar bowls complete the full service context across the brand's most extensive pattern family.
Tea Sets & Gifting Formats
The Marguerite Pink Tea Set for Two, the Marguerite Pink Tea Cup & Saucer Set of 6, and the Castle of Mey Shell Garden Floral Tea for One Sets in Rose Pink and Primula Yellow are the most self-contained gifting formats in the Halcyon Days tableware range — complete, beautifully presented, and carrying the Royal Warrant heritage of the brand in a format appropriate for every personal and corporate gifting occasion in India.
Candles
The Halcyon Days lidded candle range is one of the most distinctive luxury candle formats in the collection. Each candle is housed in a fine bone china vessel in the same Halcyon Days pattern as the corresponding tableware — the Antler Trellis Dark Green & Gold Scottish Pine Lidded Candle, the Castle of Mey Hyacinth Lidded Candle, the Parterre Gold Jasmine Lidded Candle, and others. The bone china lid preserves fragrance between uses and, removed, functions as a small decorative dish. These candles are the natural gifting companion to Halcyon Days tableware: a Castle of Mey candle gifted alongside Castle of Mey tea cups creates a paired gift whose design coherence communicates considered selection.
Accessories: Bangles, Cufflinks & Scarves
The Halcyon Days accessories range at Thomas Goode India is the most complete expression of the brand's enamel tradition in wearable form. Bangles in 18ct gold-plated brass with hand-applied enamel are available in hinged, torque, and open cuff constructions across the Agama, Agama Sparkle, Salamander, Classic Tiger, Bee, Leopard, Race Horse, and Pavé Button series — at 6mm skinny cuff and 13mm medium cuff widths. Cufflinks for men in gold and palladium finish span the motoring, equestrian, nautical, and talisman registers. Silk scarves and pocket squares in 100% pure silk at 45 x 45 cm complete the accessories range.
The Ganesh Enamel Box and Divinities
The Ganesh Enamel Box — a Halcyon Days hand-painted enamel box with the Ganesha iconographic form as its decorative subject — is the most culturally specific piece in the Halcyon Days range at Thomas Goode India. The combination of the 18th-century English enamelling tradition, revived by the brand in 1970 and practised continuously since, with one of Hinduism's most universally recognised devotional forms produces an object of unique cross-cultural craft standing. It sits in the Divinities collection alongside the Moser crystal Ganesh sculptures and the Herend Ganesha porcelain sculpture.
Katori Bowls
The Antler Trellis Ivory Katori Bowls and Celadon Border Katori Bowls in fine bone china extend the Halcyon Days range into the traditional Indian individual serving bowl format — one of several India-specific product directions in the Thomas Goode India collection.
The Royal Warrant Heritage and the Castle of Mey Connection
The Castle of Mey Shell Garden Floral pattern holds a specific significance in the Halcyon Days range that goes beyond its decorative character. The Castle of Mey is the Scottish castle that belonged to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother — the same royal patron who commissioned the very first Halcyon Days enamel box in 1970 and whose appreciation of the brand's craft initiated the Royal Warrant relationship. The Shell Garden at the Castle of Mey, tended by the Queen Mother herself, provided the botanical design source for the pattern — making the Castle of Mey collection one of the few luxury tableware designs in the world to carry both a named royal commission origin and a documented connection to a specific, named garden in the British royal estate heritage.
At Thomas Goode India, the Castle of Mey collection spans dinner plates, tea cups and saucers, mugs, lidded candles, Tea for One Sets, and the Ganesh Enamel Box — connecting the Royal Warrant heritage and the Castle of Mey design story across every category the brand occupies.
Gifting Guide
Halcyon Days is the most versatile gifting brand at Thomas Goode India, addressing every scale of occasion, every category of recipient, and every cultural context in India where a luxury gift is appropriate. The bangles for Diwali, Karva Chauth, and personal occasions; the Tea for One Sets for housewarmings and personal gifting; the Tea Sets for Six for weddings; the lidded candles for festive and corporate occasions; the cufflinks for professional milestones; the Ganesh Enamel Box for devotional and collector gifting — no other brand in the collection covers this range.
The natural gifting approach with Halcyon Days is to combine pieces within the same pattern family: a Castle of Mey tea cup alongside a Castle of Mey lidded candle; an Antler Trellis mug alongside an Antler Trellis bangle in a coordinating colourway; a Parterre Coffee Cup set alongside a Parterre dinner plate. The shared design vocabulary across tableware, accessories, and candles within each Halcyon Days pattern family is precisely what makes these pairings coherent rather than coincidental.
To Shop Halcyon Days Luxury British Bone China, Enamelware & Accessories Online in India, the full range is available at thomasgoode.in/collections/halcyon-days, with personalised gifting assistance from the Thomas Goode India team.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Halcyon Days and what does it make?
Halcyon Days is a British luxury brand founded in 1950 by Susan Benjamin in Mayfair, London. The brand is the sole reviver of the art of English enamelling after the Second World War, operating an enamelware factory in Wolverhampton and a fine bone china factory in Stoke-on-Trent. It produces hand-crafted enamelware, fine bone china tableware, enamel bangles and accessories, 100% pure silk scarves, and scented candles. Halcyon Days is one of only fourteen companies in the world to hold all three Royal Warrants to the British Royal Household as Supplier of Objets d'Art, including a new warrant granted by King Charles III in 2024.
How did Halcyon Days receive its Royal Warrants?
In 1970, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother commissioned Halcyon Days to produce a special enamel box depicting her London residence, Clarence House — the brand's first royal commission. This began a relationship recognised with the brand's first Royal Warrant in 1972. By the late 1980s, Halcyon Days held all four Royal Warrants then in existence: from HM Queen Elizabeth II, HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, and HRH The Prince of Wales. In 2024, His Majesty King Charles III granted a new Royal Warrant to Halcyon Days, extending this royal relationship into the new reign.
What is the Castle of Mey collection and why is it significant?
The Castle of Mey Shell Garden Floral pattern is inspired by the Shell Garden at the Castle of Mey — the Scottish castle owned by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, whose garden she personally tended. The pattern is a botanical design drawn from the actual garden of the royal patron who initiated Halcyon Days' Royal Warrant relationship in 1970, making it one of the few luxury tableware designs in the world with a documented royal commission origin and a named connection to a specific place in the British royal heritage. At Thomas Goode India, the Castle of Mey collection is available across dinner plates, tea cups, mugs, Tea for One Sets, and lidded candles.
What Halcyon Days products are available at Thomas Goode India?
Thomas Goode India carries the most comprehensive Halcyon Days range in India, spanning fine bone china dinner plates, tea cups and saucers, mugs, teapots and creamers, katori bowls, complete tea sets, lidded scented candles, 18ct gold enamel bangles, cufflinks, 100% pure silk scarves, and the Ganesh Enamel Box — across pattern families including Antler Trellis, Castle of Mey, Marguerite, Parterre, Basket Weave, and Audley Scalloped.
What is the Halcyon Days Antler Trellis pattern?
The Antler Trellis is Halcyon Days' most extensively produced and versatile pattern family — a design combining a trellis geometric structure with antler figurative motifs, drawn from the British country house textile and wallpaper tradition. Available at Thomas Goode India in Dark Green & Gold, Ivory & Gold, and the bolder Antler Trellis & Stag Red and Green colourways, Antler Trellis spans dinner plates, tea cups and saucers, mugs, teapot, cream jugs, katori bowls, candles, and bangles — the most cross-category pattern family in the collection.
How should Halcyon Days bone china and enamelware be cared for?
Fine bone china pieces from Halcyon Days — plates, mugs, tea cups, teapots — should be hand-washed in warm water with mild liquid detergent and dried immediately. Dishwasher use is not recommended as it can affect the precision of the surface decoration over time. Enamelware pieces — bangles, enamel boxes, the Ganesh Enamel Box — should be kept away from abrasive surfaces and harsh chemicals, and stored individually to prevent the enamel surface from contact with other objects. Silk scarves should be hand-washed or dry-cleaned and stored flat or loosely rolled.