Lot Essay
Cf. Geoffrey A. Godden, Mason's China and the Ironstone Wares (Suffolk, 1980), p. 128, pl. 159 for a plate with the same pattern; it is a version of the Bentley and Weir 'Architectural Ruins' pattern.
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CIRCA 1820, IMPRESSED AND PRINTED MASON'S PATENT IRONSTONE CHINA MARKS
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A Mason's Ironstone blue and white serving-dish
Circa 1820, impressed and printed MASON'S PATENT IRONSTONE CHINA marks
Of shaped octagonal form, printed with a man on horseback riding up to an architectural ruin before a lake and in front of a mountainous backdrop, the borders with fragmented remains of classical architecture (lacking glaze to section of central panel)
18½ in. (39.5 cm.) wide
Circa 1820, impressed and printed MASON'S PATENT IRONSTONE CHINA marks
Of shaped octagonal form, printed with a man on horseback riding up to an architectural ruin before a lake and in front of a mountainous backdrop, the borders with fragmented remains of classical architecture (lacking glaze to section of central panel)
18½ in. (39.5 cm.) wide
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