CIROLINE LADY PATTERN 1950S COLCLOUGH RIDGWAY DINNER PLATE

A COLOURFUL AND POPULAR CIROLINE LADY IN GARDEN PATTERN NO 8158 DINNER PLATE BY COLCLOUGH RIDGWAY CIRCA 1950S. WILL MAKE A BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY ITEM IN YOUR PORCELAIN COLLECTION.
 
CIROLINE LADY COLCLOUGH RIDGWAY PATTERN NO 8158:
Lovely pattern of a lady in a blue and yellow dress carrying a bouquet of flowers perhaps just picked from the garden in which she is in. Beautiful garden scene of blue, pink, yellow, red and peach flowers in a stone garden courtyard.
A smaller garden scene of flowers surrounding a sundial. Both garden scenes are on the tea cup and saucer. Tea cup and saucer are also embellished with gold filigree floral chintz. Gold trim on rims and handles. Also called the 17th Century Lady or Pompadour Garden pattern.
Originally the crinoline, a stiff fabric made of horsehair and cotton or linen, was used to make underskirts and as a dress lining. The stiffened or structured petticoat was designed to hold out the Victorian eras woman's skirt and by the 1850s, the ladies wore it up in order the widen skirts to achieve the illusion of a tiny waist.
 
MARKINGS:
Marked Bone China Colclough A product of Ridgway Potteries Ltd PAT NO 8158
This printed mark dates to after the merger between Colclough and Ridgway in 1955.
 
SIZE: 23CM DIAMETER 2,0CM HIGH
 
CONDITION: NO CHIPS. NO CRACKS. GOOD ANTIQUE CONDITION.
 
COLCLOUGH CHINA LTD (1937 - 1948):
In 1937 Colclough China was formed by H. J. Colclough and E. B. Shaw from the merger of the businesses of HJ Colclough (1897-1937), Thomas Morris and the Osborne China Co.
In 1944 the business was acquired by Booths Ltd (a member of the Pearson Group) and from mid-1945 the two firms operated co-operatively. In 1948 the two companies, Booths Ltd and Colclough China Ltd, formally amalgamated as Booths & Colclough Ltd. 
They on their turn became part of the Ridgways Group in 1955 and part of the Royal Doulton group in 1972. Manufacturing under the Colclough & Booths name ceased in 1996.
To summarise: H J Colclough Vale works Goddard Street, Longton Staffs 1897-1937 subsequently Colclough China Ltd 1937-1948 and Booths & Colcloughs Ltd 1948-1954 1955-onwards, part of the Ridgways Group.
 
RIDGWAY (1794-:
The Ridgway family was one of the important dynasties manufacturing Staffordshire pottery with a large number of family members and business names, over a period from the 1790s to the late 20th century. In their heyday in the mid-19th century there were several different potteries run by different branches of the family. Most of their wares were earthenware. 
The first generation were Job Ridgway (17591813) and his younger brother George (c. 17581823), who together established a factory at Hanley in 1794, along with a W. Smith who died in 1798. The two brothers split their partnership in about 1800 to allow each to introduce their sons to the business. Job's two sons, John and William, were both to be very successful. They began production in 1802 at Sheldon Staffordshire, and was to remain one of the family's main sites, and a pottery until recent decades. In 1808 he gave John and William, then in their early twenties, shares in the business (which became "Ridgway & Sons").
Ridgway Pottery later merged with the Booths & Colclough China Company in 1955, and later became a part of  Royal Doulton in 1972.

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