DESCRIPTION:
Here is a wonderful vintage Lobster Deviled Egg Serving dish not an easy item to find. It was made by Carlton Ware to an Australian design and has the familiar back stamp printed on the base. This piece is beautifully hand painted.
CONDITION:
For the age in excellent good condition no chips or cracks, some Light Crazing on front center and on the back of plate.
DIMENSIONS:
DIAMETER 30 CM
HISTORY:
Carlton Ware was a famous Stoke-on-Trent based pottery manufacturer. The company is best remembered for its often rather garish tableware, often in the form of highly decorated leaves or fruit, and the ceramic toucans it made as promotional items for Guinness. It reached its artistic high-point with superb hand-painted domestic pottery in high art deco styles during the 1920s and 1930.
The company was established in 1890 by James Frederick Wiltshaw, William Herbert Robinson and James Alcock Robinson trading under the name of Wiltshaw and Robinson. The trademark "Carlton Ware" was introduced in 1894, and the company's factory was renamed the Carlton Works.
Salad Ware's considerable popularity generated the revenue that enabled the extravagances of the highly original and expensive Best Ware patterns. All was expertly modelled and hand painted in attractive colours. Today, we divide this wide range into Floral Embossed and Fruit Embossed wares, although on the works it was all known as Salad Ware, primarily because the first of these ranges was the highly popular Lettuce & Tomato, variants of which remained in production for more than fifty years. Other popular designs were Apple Blossom, Foxglove, Buttercup and Wild Rose.
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