SOLD Copeland Pierced Dessert Plate Hand Painted View Mytelene c.1850

Porcelain : Antique

 

A pierced dessert plate made by the Staffordshire firm of Copeland (late Copeland and Garrett, late Spode). The plate is decorated with a good quality handed painted landscape of the city of Mytelene, (modern spelling Mytilene) within a pale yellow border. The view may be taken from an original drawing by J. D. Harding from a sketch by W. Page, engraved by E. Finden, published by A. Fullarton & Co., London & Edinburgh, c. 1830. The image of the engraving has been added for interest only. Mytilene is the capital of the Greek island of Lesbos, in the Aegean Sea. The castle is Venetian in origin and is one of the largest in the Mediterranean. It was added to by the Genoese and then the Turks. The plate is marked with the Copeland mark used 1850-1890 and the pattern number 7733. The pattern was introduced in 1847, the year the firm changed name form Copeland and Garrett to Copeland.

The plate is in very good condition. There is a small shallow chip to the inside of the footrim, no other damage or restoration. The enamels are in good condition with light wear from normal use. There is a little stacking wear to the three ridges, and slight wear to the gilding, as illustrated.

The plate is 9.6 inches wide.

Item ID: 80702