Soap dish
Thomas Goode & Co. Ltd
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1870 - 1900
Materials
Ceramic
Measurements
125 mm (Dia)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
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Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1250768.3
Summary
A soap dish liner, or drainer, white-glazed ceramic, with turquoise (or blue celeste) enamelled rims and maroon (or puce) transfer printing, retailed by T. Goode & Co., of South Audley Street, London, circa 1870-1900. The soap dish cover NT 1250768.1 and the dish NT 1250768.2. Part of a larger wash-stand set including a basin (NT 1250767), a toothbrush or razor tray and cover (NT 1250769), another basin or bowl (NT 1250770) and two jugs (NT 1250771 & 2). Circular, pierced for draining.
Full description
Archaeological finds at Tempsford Park in Bedfordshire included a dinner and side plate transfer-printed with the family motto and crest of the Stuart family (who lived on the site). These plates were stamped by the retailer 'T. Goode & Co., 19 South Audley Street, London, W', and bore the same pattern number - 5867 - as this wash-stand set. Research in the Wedgwood Museum archive found that the service had been ordered by the Stuarts on 3 December 1869 and that factory records described pattern 5867 as 'Tamworth Plates, Celest band over edge with Marone line.'
Provenance
Bequest of the estates of Corfe Castle and Kingston Lacy made to the National Trust by Henry John Ralph Bankes (1902-1981). National Trust ownership commenced on 19 August 1982.
Makers and roles
Thomas Goode & Co. Ltd, retailer
References
Maull, Anthony and Chapman, Andy (2005), A Medieval Moated Enclosure in Tempsford Park