BLUE AND WHITE PLATE, LANDSCAPE
c. 1935Plate with scalloped edges, in a roughly octagonal shape.
Blue and white pattern with an ornate wavy, border design which includes a net-shaped design around the outside edge.
Central scene with round, white background shows three people on a bridge next to a tall tree. Behind them are several buildings receding into the elevated distance.
Backstamp names the design as "Landscape"
Manufactured by William Adams & Sons (& Co), of Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, England, UK.
Details
Details
Crown Adams est 1657 England Blue E Makers marks 2 oblongs in triangle
The Adams family had potteries in Staffordshire as early as 1650. At that date two brothers, William and Thomas had separate ventures in Burslem.
Such family activity has continued to the present.
William Adams and Company, with large potteries in Tunstall is managed by members who are the 11th and 12th generations in direct descent from the original 17th century Adams of Burslem. http://www.thepotteries.org/mark/a/adams.html
Staffordshire
United Kingdom
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