MELODY !! Rare Vintage 1960`s Melody Pattern Barker Bros Ironstone Serving Platter

VINTAGE 1960's BARKER BROS Ltd , LONGTON, IRONSTONE SERVING PLATTER - 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 LARGE VINTAGE IRONSTONE SERVING PLATTER MANUFACTURED BY BARKER BROS Ltd DURING THE 1960's AFTER THE FIRM WAS OWNED BY ALFRED CLOUGH Ltd.  THE PLATTER IS 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 PLATTER IS STAMPED UNDERNEATH - "MELODY, BONE WHITE IRONSTONE, BARKER BROS Ltd, STAFFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, PERMANENT UNDERGLAZE, DETERGENT PROOF COLOURS"

CONDITION : IN PERFECT CONDITION THE PLATTER HAS NO PATTERN LOSS, CHIPS, CRAZING, CRACKS OR DAMAGES ETC

SIZE : 3.5cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....20cm by 14.8cm OVAL BASE.....35.5cm LENGTH.....29.8cm WIDTH

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