The two large bowls from Shugborough’s 200-year-old dairy service will be on public display at the stately home, near Stafford, throughout the month of June.

The Redware pieces are part of an eight piece set which were especially commissioned by Shugborough’s Lady Anson and made by Josiah Wedgwood.

Despite being acclaimed as the most unusual pieces of Josiah Wedgwood’s Redware ever to be produced, the dairy service has remained under wraps since Staffordshire County Council took over the estate in 1966.

Corinne Caddy said: “The set of eight pieces are so large that we’ve never had a table big enough to display them properly.

“However the bowls are particularly unique and it seemed a real shame to keep this Staffordshire treasure trove completely under wraps. So now we have displayed two of the items in the Blue Drawing Room.”

The bowls were originally made for the Tower of the Winds within the estate grounds. In 1807 Lady Anson used the lower floor of this garden folly as her personal dairy and the four octagonal and four ovals bowls were made specifically to use in this area as settling pans for milk. Each brown bowl measures over 22 inches in length and bears black Egyptian motifs around the rim.

The pieces will be on display daily in the Shugborough mansion house throughout the month.

Corinne continued: “Bringing the bowls out of the stores is part of our 2009 Object of the Month initiative.

“The Shugborough archives hold a wealth of unusual artefacts and by bringing one or two out each month we are giving the public a real opportunity to view some of our finest and most unusual treasures.”

Shugborough’s first Object of the Month – a torn newspaper cross with possible connections to the Holy Grail – attracted nationwide publicity last month.