VINTAGE 1950's LOT / SET OF SIMPSONS Ltd FINE PORCELAIN ITEMS = 7 ITEMS - SIX DESSERT BOWLS AND A SALAD BOWL IN CLARET RED WITH GOLD GILT
THIS IS THE 2nd LOT/SET OF SIMPSONS Ltd CLARET RED LISTED
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 DESSERT BOWLS EACH WITH DOUBLE HANDLES AS WELL AS A MATCHING SALAD BOWL 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.
THE LOT/SET CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS -
1)- A SALAD BOWL - 6.5cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....9cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....23cm DIAMETER OF RIM
2)- SIX (6) DESSERT BOWLS EACH - 5.4cm HEIGHT.....6.2cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....12.6cm DIAMETER OF RIM..... 17.2cm HANDLE EDGE TO HANDLE EDGE
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 AND THE SALAD BOWL UNFORTUNATELY HAS A HAIRLINE ALONG THE BASE ASIDE FROM WHICH ALL 7 ITEMS ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO CRACKS, CHIPS, DAMAGES ETC EXCEPT AS MENTIONED
SIZE : AS DESCRIBED ABOVE
ONE BID FOR ALL SEVEN (7) 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 AND SIZE OF ITEMS ONCE PACKAGED
PLS SEE THE HAIRLINE IN PIC ABOVE
