Georgian Staffordshire Mandarin Pattern Blue and While Pearlware Plate, c. 1810
Age:
Circa 1810
Material:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Diameter: 24.5cm
Shipping:
Standard Parcel
Price:
£ 10
This item is available to view and buy at:
Carse of Cambus
Doune
Stirlingshire
FK16 6HG
Mandarin pattern blue and white plate with a central willow tree leaning left over the water. A junk sails between two pavilions. The nankin or inner border below the shoulder of the plate is of a honeycomb type, with a trellis border and dagger bead, characteristic of Chinese wares around the rim.
The Mandarin pattern was one of the favourite patterns imported into Europe in the eighteenth century. The first English pottery to reproduce it as a transfer print was Caughley. Spode was probably the second and introduced the trellis border. These plates are by an unknown manufacturer. The stem of the willow tree is intertwined and the orange tree is taller with more, but smaller fruits. No birds fly in the sky. A similar plate is shown in plate 12, p. 49 in Robert Copeland’s book, “Spode’s Willow Pattern”.