Tea Sets
Goblin Companion Tea Set offer leaflet
Goblin Companion Tea Set offer leaflet
Goblin Models
Tea Sets
1973 Goblin Companion Tea Set Royal Albert Silver Maple 890
Goblin Companion Tea Set, Royal Albert Silver Maple, model 890
1930s
1932 William H B Thornton Prototype Teasmade 1
William Hermann Brenner Thornton created a plywood bodied prototype teasmade in 1932. The example illustrated here was donated to the National Science Museum by the inventor himself, William Hermann Brenner Thornton (then of Wargrave), in 1970. It was made mostly of plywood. *
1930s
1933 William H B Thornton Prototype Teasmade 2
On January 27th 1933, William Hermann Brenner Thornton applied for his first patent on a teasmade. This was less than a year after George Augustus Absolom’s patent of May 2nd 1932. Apparatus for making hot beverages Application Number GB19330002684 19330127 Publication Number 414088 (A) Application Date January 27, 1933
1930s
1934 William H B Thornton Prototype Teasmade 3
On January 23rd 1934 William Hermann Brenner Thornton, (on this occasion calling himself William Harry Thornton), applied for a second patent, no 432207. It was from this prototype that Goblin’s first commercial automatic tea maker was derived. Making of hot beverages Application Number GB19340002287 19340123 Publication Number 432207 (A)
1930s
1936 Goblin Day Model
A Goblin leaflet about the 1936 teasmade range featured two models: an Alarm Model with a clock, and a Day Model without. The Day Model is incredibly rare as Doug believes it was sold for no more than a year and discontinued due to low demand. By chance Doug found
1930s
1936 Goblin Teasmade
Goblin purchased the rights to William Hermann Brenner Thornton’s design, and manufactured the first commercial Goblin Teasmade in 1937. It was made of plywood, and a lampshade “of a pleasing and modern design” was included. The kettle was chrome plated and was fitted with a patented element. It was
Goblin Models
Goblin Clocks and Radios
BVC acquired the Magneta Time Company in about 1937 and began to diversify into both domestic and master and slave clocks. In late 1937 Goblin developed a new clock movement and created a range of Goblin clocks and began to manufacture and market them in earnest. By November 1939 the
1940s
1947 Goblin Teasmade D20
Goblin produced no teasmades during the war years. Manufacturing recommenced in 1947 with their second full production model, the Goblin D20, a fabulous design with styling reminiscent of the Art Deco period. We believe that about 7000 D20 units were manufactured each year until the D20 was replaced by the
1940s
Goblin Timespot
The Goblin Timespot, released in 1947, appears to have been the first ever commercial radio alarm clock. Early promotions described it as a “Goblin Controlled Time Domestic Radio, Incorporating Superhet Radio Receiver with Synchronous Electric Clock”. In the same year Ekco released a clock radio – the A33 Radiotime. Their comparatively
1940s
1949 Goblin Teasmade D21
The Goblin D21 was manufactured from 1949 to 1955, when it was replaced by the D25. It was similar in appearance to the D20, with its cream coloured textured paint, wooden tray and teasmade unit. The body was still plywood, but the tilting platform was now made of cast aluminium,
1950s
1951 Goblin Teasmade D23
The D23 was a compact model with no integral teapot. It was the first model to carry the “Popular” model name. It was probably introduced in 1951. The D23 has a cream stove-enamelled, die-cast alloy body. The ‘Popular’ name was used for this basic teasmade style until around