VINTAGE 1950's LOT / SET OF SIMPSONS Ltd FINE PORCELAIN ITEMS - 19 ITEMS WHICH INCLUDES SIX COMPLETE DEMITASSE TRIOS AND CAKE PLATE IN CLARET RED WITH GOLD GILT
SIMPSONS (POTTERS) Ltd ARE AN EARTHENWARE MANUFACTURER AT ELDER WORKS, COBRIDGE, JOINTLY OWNED AND MANAGED BY BROTHERS SAMUEL AND THOMAS SIMPSON. THE COMPANY WAS ACTUALLY ESTABLISHED IN 1904 AS "SOHO POTTERY Co" AT SOHO POTTERY WORKS, TUNSTALL BUT RELOCATED TO ELDER WORKS, COBRIDGE IN 1918 AND CHANGED ITS NAME IN 1944 TO "SIMPSONS (POTTERY) Ltd. IN 1971 THE COMPANY WAS PURCHASED BY THE PFALTZGRAFF COMPANY OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA USA. IN 1976 PFALTZGRAFF ENDED ALL TABLE WARE MANUFACTURE AND IN 2004 SIMPSONS WAS CLOSED COMPLETELY
THIS SET CONSISTS OF SIX COMPLETE DEMITASSE TRIOS WITH LARGE CENTRAL CAKE PLATE (19 ITEMS) ALL DECORATED EXQUISITELY IN THE SIMPSONS CONTINUATION OF THE ASHLEY PATTERN WHICH WAS FIRST RELEASED IN 1930 AND THEN DISCONTINUED IN 1942, REAPPEARING IN THE 1950's WITH A MINOR MODIFICATION TO THE GOLD GILT PATTERNING. THE FIRST ASHLEY PATTERN EVEN APPEARS TODAY (SINCE 2006) IN THE BENARES HISTORIC HOUSE, ONE OF THE MISSISSAUGA MUSEUMS. THE PATTERN IS A MAGNIFICENT CLARET RED WITH RICH GOLD GILT PATTERNING AND TRIM.
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : EACH ITEM IS STAMPED UNDERNEATH - "SIMPSONS (POTTERS) Ltd, AMBASSADOR WARE, COBRIDGE, ENGLAND"
LINKS/EXAMPLES ETC :
http://www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/931.htm
http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/discover/sayersfamilygallery;jsessionid=6110A59E4FB350B6262879D9AA6F2B49.node1-1?paf_gear_id=13200032&imageId=63000021&index=47&returnUrl=%2Fportal%2Fdiscover%2Fsayersfamilygallery%3Bjsessionid%3D6110A59E4FB350B6262879D9AA6F2B49.node1-1%3Fstart%3D41
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-9-1950s-Solian-Ware-Simpsons-Pottery-Red-Gold-Gilt-Salad-Plates-Bowl-/272247271548
CONDITION : SOME OF THE ITEMS HAVE FAINT AGE RELATED CRAZING WHICH IS VISIBLE UPON MAGNIFICATION ASIDE FROM WHICH ALL 19 ITEMS ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO CRACKS, CHIPS, DAMAGES ETC
SIZE : AS DESCRIBED ABOVE
ONE BID FOR ALL NINETEEN ( 19) ITEMS AS A LOT / SET
POSTAGE : Postage method is Buyers Choice
A Courier service is also available upon request
This LOT/SET may be combined with ANY other items up to 10kgs with Courier
COURIER OR COLLECTION ARE STRONGLY ADVISED DUE TO NATURE, VALUE AND SIZE OF ITEMS ONCE PACKAGED
