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Shire of Toodyay > Records

PLATE; BLUE CASTLE

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Domestic equipment

Overview

Blue and white plate with six scallops around the circumference.
Featuring Windsor castle and three boats on a river depicted in the centre, with floral detail to scallops.

Details

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Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.635

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

20 mm

Height or length

230 mm

Inscriptions and markings

On back; Johnson Bros, England. Old Britain Castles, Windsor in 1793.

Contextual Information

Johnson Brothers produced numerous transferware patterns for its plates, platters and pitchers. One favourite were the Old Britain Castles series from the late 1920s which were engraved by an artist identified only as Miss Fennel, the daughter of a master engraver.
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/china-and-dinnerware/johnson-brothers

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