CROWN DEVON ENGLAND LARGE CABBAGE LOBSTER FOOTED FRUIT BOWL HAND PAINTED (CIRCA 1930-1950)

CROWN DEVON ENGLAND LARGE CABBAGE LOBSTER FOOTED FRUIT BOWL HAND PAINTED (CIRCA 1930-1950)

INTERESTING CROWN DEVON ENGLAND LARGE FRUIT BOWL. IT IS CABBAGE LEAF-SHAPED WITH THREE RED LOBSTER FEET. WITH A RARELY SEEN CROWN DEVON MARK THAT DATES FROM BETWEEN 1930 AND 1950.
 
THIS BOWL HAS BEEN HAND PAINTED AND SIGNED BY THE ARTIST H COLCLOUGH. HIS INITIALS H CAN BE SEEN NEXT TO THE BACKSTAMP.
 
MARKINGS:
MADE IN ENGLAND WITH CROWN LOGO AND THE WORDS CROWN DEVON IN ONE LINE UNDERNEATH. THIS RARE MARK WAS IN USE FROM 1930 TO AROUND 1950.
 
SIZE: 22CM SDIAMETER 10CM HIGH
 
CONDITION: SOME GLAZING ON UNDERSIDE SHOWING ITS AGE. NO CHIPS. NO CRACKS. HAND PAINTED ARTWORK IN GOOD CONDITION. NOTE THE WHITE MARKS ON LOBSTER FEET ARE PART OF THE PATTERN PAINTED AND SITS CLEVERLEY WHERE ANY SCRAPE MARKS MIGHT APPEAR.
 
CROWN DEVON (1870-1980):
The Crown Devon journey began in 1870 when Simon Fielding invested in the Railway Works on Sutherland Street, Stoke on Trent. They then began to produce the popular Majolica glazed pottery under the S. Fielding & Co backstamp.
The Crown Devon backstamp started to appear on wares from around 1880, and in 1911 the Railway Works factory was renamed The Devon Pottery.
From the early 1930s the Crown Devon mark - a crown over the words Crown Devon - became emblematic of the company, which sometimes appears without the Fielding name.
A remarkable factory that carried on producing a vast range of wares and colours for over a hundred years, the factory unfortunately closed its doors in 1982 due to the gradual decline of the British pottery industry during the 1970s, along with the hit of the recession. Nearly 40 years later, the eclectic variety of their styles and wares are still incredibly sought after today and do very well at auction.
 
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