Plate
G. L. Ashworth & Bros. Ltd
Category
Ceramics
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ceramic
Place of origin
Hanley
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 929374.1
Summary
Fourteen small dinner plates, part of an Indian tree design Crown dinner service by Ashworth's, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, c. 1861-1880, inscribed ' Real Ironstone China' and marked in orange 'B5522'. The set also includes one hundred and six larger dinner plates (r), a large tureen with lid (a), a tureen with partition, and lid (b), a large tureen with no lid (c), two tureens with lids, the same size as the tureen with partition (d)+(e), a further tureen lid (j), two sauceboat sets consisting of sauceboat, lid and stand (f)+(g), two further sauceboat stands (h), two smaller sauceboat lids (i), three small oval plates (k), and a selection of oval plates in various sizes, some with and some without handles (l)-(p).
Provenance
Stamford collection, devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Marks and inscriptions
B 5522 (printed in orange)
Makers and roles
G. L. Ashworth & Bros. Ltd, manufacturer