EXTREMELY RARE ANTIQUE 1887 - 1900 LOT/SET OF TWO IDENTICAL COLLINGWOOD BROS Ltd, LONGTON DECORATIVE PORCELAIN PLATES - ORIENT PATTERN - COBALT, RUST RED, CHARTREUSE GREEN AND GOLD GILT
COLLINGWOOD BROS Ltd WAS A CHINA MANUFACTURER AT LONGTON, STOKE-ON-TRENT WHICH BEGAN MANUFACTURING IN 1887 WITH PARTNERS CHARLES AND ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLINGWOOD OPENING THE COLLINGWOOD FACTORY. IN 1957/8 THE COMPANY WAS TAKEN OVER BY CLAYTON BONE CHINA
THIS RARE AND EXQUISITELY HAND DECORATED LOT/SET CONSISTS OF TWO LARGE SALAD PLATE SIZED FINE PORCELAIN PLATES , MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 1887 and 1900 WHEN THE C.B.Ld L MARK WAS IN USE - A PRINTED MARK WITH A CROWN. BOTH ITEMS ARE HAND DECORATED IN COLLINGWOODS "ORIENT" PATTERN WHICH DIFFERS ONLY MARGINALLY FROM PLATE TO PLATE DUE TO THE HAND PAINTED NATURE OF BOTH. THE PATTERN MAKES BRILLIANT USE OF GOLD GILT HIGHLIGHTING COBALT BLUE, RUST RED AND CHARTREUSE GREEN IN A FLORAL, VINE AND LEAF SCROLL MOTIF . THE RIMS ARE EACH BEAUTIFULLY SCALLOPED AND ADORNED WITH GOLD TRIM AS WELL AS SCROLL DETAIL IN RAISED RELIEF
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE PLATES ARE EACH STAMPED UNDERNEATH - "ORIENT, C.B Ld L"
LINKS/EXAMPLES ETC : I'VE USED OTHER ITEMS MANUFACTURED BY COLLINGWOOD BROS IN LINKS BELOW DUE TO THE ORIENT PATTERN BEING UNAVAILABLE ANYWHERE
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CONDITION : BESIDES GENTLE FADING OF THE GOLD TRIM IN SMALL AREAS, THE PLATES ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO CHIPS, DAMAGES, CRAZING, CRACKS ETC
SIZE : EACH - 2.4cm HEIGHT.....10.4cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....22cm DIAMETER OF RIM
ONE BID FOR BOTH ITEMS AS A LOT/SET
POSTAGE : Postage method is Buyers Choice
SAPO R60 A Courier service is also available upon request
This LOT/SET may be combined with ANY other items up to 5kg for ONE standard postage fee with SAPO and 10kgs with Courier
COURIER OR COLLECTION ARE STRONGLY ADVISED DUE TO NATURE, VALUE AND SIZE OF ITEMS ONCE PACKAGED
