MEAKIN !! Vintage 1950's Alfred Meakin Collectable "French 18th C Costumes" Cabinet/Wall Plate

VINTAGE 1950's COLLECTABLE ALFRED MEAKIN FINE PORCELAIN CABINET/WALL PLATE - FRENCH COSTUMES 18th CENTURY

A 1950's COLLECTABLE FINE PORCELAIN WALL / CABINET PLATE MANUFACTURED BY ALFRED MEAKIN AS PART OF THE "FRENCH COSTUMES 18th CENTURY" SERIES.  THIS PARTICULAR PLATE DISPLAYS THE BRITTANY PATTERN/COSTUME.   THE BRITTANY VERSION DISPLAYS A YOUNG MAN CLOTHED IN A RICHLY EMBROIDERED COSTUME WITH A SEASIDE VILLAGE IN THE BACKGROUND.  THE VERGE OF THE PLATE IS EMBOSSED WITH VINE LEAF AND FLORAL MOTIFS AND AN EMBOSSED DARK TAN LINEAR MOTIF RIM.

ALFRED MEAKIN Ltd WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1875 IN TUNSTALL AND OWNED THE ROYAL ALBERT POTTERY, VICTORIA POTTERY AND HIGHGATE POTTERIES, FURTHER PURCHASING NEWFIELD POTTERY IN 1930.  BETWEEN 1957 AND 1980 BOTH VICTORIA WORKS AND HIGHGATE WORKS WERE ACQUIRED AND IN 1980 THE ALEXANDER WORKS.  BETWEEN 1976 AND 1991 THE FIRM HAD BECOME MYOTT-MEAKIN AND IN 1989 WAS ACQUIRED BY MELTON MODES.  IN 1991 IT BECAME PART OF THE CHURCHILL GROUP

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE PLATE IS STAMPED UNDERNEATH - "FRENCH COSTUMES 18th CENTURY, HARDY FOLK FROM THE COAST OF BRITTANY. THE RICHLY EMBROIDERED COSTUMES ARE STILL WORN ON FESTIVE DAYS AND SPECIAL OCCASSIONS.    ALFRED MEAKIN, ENGLAND"

CONDITION : IN PERFECT CONDITION THE PLATE HAS NO CRAZING, CHIPS, CRACKS OR DAMAGES ETC

SIZE : 2.2cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....10.8cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....22.2cm DIAMETER OF RIM

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