CAULDON !! Extremely Rare Antique 1880 Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co Cauldon Decorative Plate

EXTREMELY RARE ITEM - ANTIQUE 1880 CERAMIC BROWN-WESTHEAD, MOORE & Co, CAULDON DECORATIVE PLATE - GAINSBORO PATTERN

THIS IS THE 2nd LISTED ANTIQUE 1880 BROWN-WESTHEAD,MOORE & Co, CAULDON DECORATIVE PLATE.  ALTHOUGH BOTH THAT WILL BE LISTED ARE IDENTICAL IN MANUFACTURE DATE AND SIZE AND WERE BOTH MANUFACTURED FOR RETAIL AT THE SAME RETAILER IN PARIS....THEIR PATTERNS, GAINSBORO, DEPICT DIFFERENT FRUITS IN BLUE

MANUFACTURED DURING THE 1880's BY BROWN-WESTHEAD, MOORE & Co, CAULDON PLACE, HANLEY AND DECORATED IN THE SUPERB BLUE ON WHITE GAINSBORO PATTERN, THIS GORGEOUS DECORATIVE WALL / CABINET PLATE IS A COLLECTORS GEM CONSIDERING THAT THE ITEM IS NOT ONLY MORE THAN 120 YEARS OLD, BUT IS IN PERFECT CONDITION. 

THE PLATE HAS A SCALLOPED RIM DESIGN AND DEPICTION OF A PAIR OF APPLES ALONG WITH LEAVES AND BRANCHES AS WELL AS A STUDIO PATTERN , ALL IN MAGNIFICENT BLUE UPON A WHITE BACKGROUND.  THE ITEM WAS MANUFACTURED FOR RETAIL AT E.BOURGEOIS IN PARIS. 

THE MANUFACTURERS BEGAN OPERATIONS IN 1859 AS PARTNERS WILLIAM BATES, THOMAS CHAPPELL BROWN-WESTHEAD AND WILLIAM MOORE.  IN DECEMBER 1861 WILLIAM BATES RETIRED FROM THE BUSINESS AND IT BECAME BROWN-WESTHEAD, MOORE & Co.   IN 1904 THE COMPANY WAS INCORPORATED AS A LIMITED COMPANY AND BECAME CAULDON Ltd.  IN 1920 CAULDON Ltd WENT INTO RECEIVERSHIP AND WAS PURCHASED BY HAROLD ROBINSON, THEN BEING RENAMED TO CAULDON POTTERIES Ltd

THIS PLATE IS ALREADY FITTED WITH A REMOVABLE METAL DISPLAY BRACKET

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE PLATE IS STAMPED UNDERNEATH - "CAULDON, ENGLAND, BWM & Co, GAINSBORO, RD NO 7890, DEPOSE 7"   THE PLATE IS ALSO STAMPED BY THE RETAILER IN PARIS FOR WHICH IT WAS MANUFACTURED

CONDITION :THE PLATE IS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO CRACKS, CHIPS, DAMAGES, CRAZING ETC

SIZE : 2.2cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....14.4cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....26.2cm DIAMETER OF RIM

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