Main centres: | 1-3 business days |
Regional areas: | 3-4 business days |
Remote areas: | 3-5 business days |
VINTAGE 1960's BARKER BROS Ltd , LONGTON, IRONSTONE CAKE PLATE - RARE MELODY PATTERN
BARKER BROS WERE ESTABLISHED IN 1876 IN LONGTON, STOKE-ON-TRENT. THE FIRM BECAME AN Ltd IN 1882 AND IN 1910 THEY WERE BOUGHT OUT BY BROTHERS WILLIAM AND ARTHUR HEWITT WHO CONTINUED TO USE THE ORIGINAL NAME. IN 1959 BARKER BROS Ltd WAS TAKEN OVER BY ALFRED CLOUGH Ltd AND OPERATED AS A SUBSIDIARY. THE BARKER BROS NAME CONTINUED TO BE USED UNTIL 1981 WHEN GRINDLEY OF STOKE CERAMICS Ltd, SUCCESSOR OF ALFRED CLOUGH Ltd DECIDED TO DISCONTINUE THE NAME AND DISPOSE OF THE ASSETTS
THIS ITEM IS A VINTAGE IRONSTONE CAKE PLATE MANUFACTURED BY BARKER BROS Ltd DURING THE 1960's AFTER THE FIRM WAS OWNED BY ALFRED CLOUGH Ltd. THE CAKE PLATE HAS BEEN DECORATED IN THE RARE AND DISCONTINUED MELODY PATTERN WHICH DEPICTS A BLUE AND GREY LAUREL EDGE MOTIF ALONG THE VERGE AND A FLORAL BOUQUET WITHIN THE WELL
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE CAKE PLATE IS STAMPED UNDERNEATH - "MELODY, BONE WHITE IRONSTONE, BARKER BROS Ltd, STAFFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, PERMANENT UNDERGLAZE, DETERGENT PROOF COLOURS"
CONDITION : IN PERFECT CONDITION THE PLATE HAS NO PATTERN LOSS, CHIPS, CRAZING, CRACKS OR DAMAGES ETC
SIZE : 3.4cm HEIGHT OF HANDLES.....2.8cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....11.4cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....23.6cm DIAMETER OF RIM.....26.2cm HANDLE EDGE TO HANDLE EDGE
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