Antique/Rare 1850\'s White Ironstone Platter Leaf & Crossed Ribbon Livesley Powel
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Antique/Rare 1850\'s White Ironstone Platter Leaf & Crossed Ribbon Livesley Powel:
$150.00
Antique/Rare 1850\'s White Ironstone Platter Leaf & Crossed Ribbon Livesley Powell & Co. The platter is approx. 18 1/2\"long and 13 1/4\" wide.
1850\'S
ENGLISH WHITE IRONSTONE PLATTER
LEAF AND CROSSSED RIBBON SHAPE
The early pieces of English white ironstone are becomingextremely difficult to find, and this platter is an example of a very earlypiece. This very early platter has a potter\'s mark,which I\'ve pictured but themark is difficult to read. But this pattern was made by only one potter,Livesley & Powell and was made ca. 1851.
The embossed pattern is Leaf and Crossed Ribbon and thisshape is shown on p. 113 of Jean Wetherbee\'s \"White Ironstone: ACollector\'s Guide\". T is an embossed band around the wide rim of theplatter which consists of a looped ribbon with leafs draped over the ribbon.
The platter is a very large size, and has undoubtedly gracedmany holiday tables for over150 years. If this platter could talk, we\'d alllearn a first hand lesson about history! The platter is approx. 18 1/2\"long and 13 1/4\" wide. There are no chips, cracks, or crazing. There issome expected utensil usage evident on the face and some specks of kiln dust inthe glaze and minor imperfections which are original to the potting and firing. On the rim edge there are three marks which is where the platter was held in the kiln during thefiring.
1851 - 1866 Livesley Powell & Co. Old Hall Lane andMiles Bank, Hanley Staffordshire England
Livesley Powell & Co. was formed in 1845 by WilliamLivesley, Edwin Powell and Frederick
Bishop. The Livesley family were potters in Hanley; EdwinPowell was a potter who had
been apprenticed at Dimmocks of Hanley; and Frederick Bishopwas a lawyer providing
financial support to the venture.
In 1866 William Livesley retired and the partnership becameknown as Powell and Bishop.
Livesley Powell produced a variety of bodies includingchina, parian, and ironstone china
and used transfer printing (sometimes in lilac), moulded,painted and lustre decoration. They
patented a process of printing in gold and colours whichproduced a dead gold background.
Much of their production was exported, with over one milliondifferent items sent to New York
alone in 1851. They are reported to have exhibited at the1851 Great Exhibition. Marks on
their wares incorporate the name of the firm or the initialsL.P. & Co.
Impressed mark IRONSTONE CHINA LIVESLEY POWELL & CO
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Antique/Rare 1850\'s White Ironstone Platter Leaf & Crossed Ribbon Livesley Powel:
$150.00