OUT OF THE BLUE !! Lot of Two Vintage Porcelain Decorative Plates - Obviously Decorated in .. BLUE

LOT OF TWO VINTAGE DECORATIVE PORCELAIN PLATES - SIDE PLATE & SAUCER - DECORATED WITH BLUE

A LOVELY SOLIAN WARE SAUCER WITH THE "PANDORA" BLUE PATTERN.  THIS ITEM WAS MANUFACTURED FROM 1920 UNTIL 1939 AND IS RATHER AN ART DECO STYLE.   THE PATTERN ALONG THE SIDES IS A UNIQUE FLOW PATTERN AND THE IMAGE IN THE CENTER IS A EUROPEAN LANDSCAPE SETTING. THIS IS A RARE PORCELAIN ITEM

THE SECOND PORCELAIN ITEM IS A JOHNSON BROS SIDE PLATE WHICH IS TITLED AT THE THE BACK "THE OLD MILL"  IT WAS MANUFACTURED FROM 1952 UNTIL 1977.   IT DEPICTS AN ENGLISH LANDSCAPE SCENERY WITH A LARGE RIVER AND A MILL BESIDE IT.  THE SIDES ARE MILDY FLUTED LEADING TO A GENTLY SCALLOPED RIM

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE SOLIAN WARE SAUCER IS STAMPED UNDERNEATH -- "PANDORA, SOLIAN WARE, SOHO POTTERY Ltd, COBRIDGE, ENGLAND"             THE JOHNSON BROS SIDE PLATE IS STAMPED UNDERNEATH -- "THE OLD MILL, MADE IN ENGLAND BY JOHNSON BROS"

LINKS/EXAMPLES ETC :

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161915224087

https://www.blueandwhite.com/museum.asp?m=Soho+Pottery&p=Pandora

http://www.replacements.com/webquote/jb_olmb.htm

CONDITION : THE SOLIAN WARE SAUCER HAS CRAZING WHICH ALTHOUGH NO VISIBLE WITH THE NAKED EYE IS VISIBLE WHEN MAGNIFIED.   THE JOHNSON BROS SIDE PLATE HAS A SMALL PIECE NEXT TO THE RIM WHERE THE GLAZING CAME OFF EXPOSING THE PORCELAIN. THIS CANNOT BE SEEN DUE TO THE WHITE BACKGROUND BUT CAN BE FELT WITH A FINGERTIP.   OTHER THAN THESE ISSUES BOTH ITEMS ARE WITHOUT CRACKS, CHIPS, DAMAGES OR BREAKAGES

SIZE : SOLIAN -- 1.8cm HEIGHT.....14.8cm DIAMETER

          SIDE PLATE -- 1.6cm HEIGHT.....17.8cm DIAMETER

ONE BID FOR BOTH AS A LOT

POSTAGE : Collection Possible.      Postage method is Buyers Choice

                   SAPO R50             

                   This LOT may be combined with ANY other items up to 5kg for ONE standard postage fee