ENGLISH FLOW BLUE TRANSFER-PRINTED CERAMIC PLATTERS, LOT OF FOUR,
comprising two featuring "NONPAREIL", one having "ORIENTAL" with gilt-sponged rim decoration, and one featuring "Fairy / Villas". Marks to underside include printed pattern names and an eagle perched atop a scrolled cartouche with "ENGLAND" and "MIDDLEPORT POTTERY", a beehive and urn with "WR / ENGLAND", a crown above a scrolled cartouche with "W. ADAMS & Co ENGLAND", and impressed "B. & L. / England" and "REAL / IRONSTONE / CHINA".
Burgess & Leigh, Middleport Pottery, Burslem; William Ridgway, Shelton, England.
19th/early 20th century.
12 1/8" x 9 7/8" to 15 5/8" x 12 7/8".
Provenance: Property from a Youngstown, OH estate.
Condition
"Nonpareil" examples undamaged; "Oriental" having glued rim flake; "Fairy Villas" with restoration to area on rim.
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