REDUCED Ridgways Coaching Days Plate ~ 1907

Pottery : Antique : Ridgways : Coaching Days : Aesthetic Movement

 

This beautiful plate is illustrated with a scene from the book, "Coaching Days & Coaching Ways" by W. Outram Tristram. First published in 1888, the book details Georgian and Victorian Royal Mail Coach routes across England.

The plate is signed, "Old England Ware, Scenes from Coaching Days by Special Permission of MacMillan & Co. Ltd., Ridgways England, Reg. No. 615802. The underside is also incised 3 07, indicating the plate was made in 1907.

The central scene features Tudor half-timbered buildings, the coach, pedestrians and a cathedral. The deep pink border of the plate is a gorgeous raised relief, aesthetic design of flowers and foliage.

The 9 3/4 inch diameter plate is in excellent shape for its age, with no chips or cracks, and minimal wear. (Please note, the white spots are reflections from the camera flash.) Lightly crazed, it shows very faint staining on the right hand side, hidden in the rosy border.

Item ID: RL914