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VINTAGE 1960's HOMESPUN FASHION SHAPE PORCELAIN PLATE (24.5cm) BY JESSIE TAIT FOR MIDWINTER
AFTER WORKING AT THE DOULTON FACTORY FOR 14yrs, WILLIAM ROBINSON MIDWINTER ESTABLISHES HIS OWN COMPANY IN 1910, PURCHASING THE ALBION POTTERY IN 1914 AND THE HADDERIDGE POTTERY DURING THE 1920's. IN 1932 THE FIRM BECAME INCORPORATED AS W.H MIDWINTER Ltd. IN 1964 THE FIRM ACQUIRED A.J WILKINSON AS WELL AS NEWPORT POTTERY, BUT MERGED WITH J & G MEAKIN UNDER BRITISH TABLEWARE Ltd IN 1968. THIS WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE WEDGWOOD GROUP IN 1970. IN 1987 WEDGWOOD CLOSED THE MEAKIN & MIDWINTER HOLDINGS
THIS ITEM IS A LARGE SQUARED DESIGN PORCELAIN PLATE DECORATED IN A MODERNIST CHECKERED PATTERN DESIGNED AS "HOMESPUN" FASHION BY JESSIE TAIT FOR MIDWINTER
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : STAMPED - "HOMESPUN DESIGNED BY JESSIE TAIT, A GENUINE HAND ENGRAVING, PERMANENT ACID PROOF UNDER GLAZE COLOURS, MIDWINTER STYLECRAFT, STAFFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, FASHION SHAPE"
CONDITION : BESIDES SOME AGE RELATED CRAZING THE PLATE HAS NO CHIPS, CRACKS, DAMAGES ETC
SIZE : 2.6cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....12.8cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....24.5cm by 24.5cm ACROSS RIM
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