Samuel Alcock Dessert Plate, Pierced Rim, Pale Green, Named Ranunculus, ca 1855

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Samuel Alcock Dessert Plate, Pierced Rim, Pale Green, Named Ranunculus, ca 1855

About the Item

This is a beautiful dessert plate made by Samuel Alcock around the year 1855. The plate has a pierced rim and is decorated with a pale green ground and beautifully hand painted and named ranunculae in the centre. Samuel Alcock was one of the many potters in Staffordshire such as Spode, Coalport, H&R Daniel and many others during the 1830s and 1840s. He was perhaps not the most well-known of potters but produced very high quality wares and original designs, often standing out for their bright choice of colours and beautiful shapes. The Alcock factory is not well documented so although they had a huge output, items are often mis-identified and we don't know much about the production process of artists, even though the wares have a very high quality that equals that of the more well known factories. This plate has a pierced rim with delicate gilding and a beautiful pale green ground, which some people would call Paris green. In the centre are beautifully hand painted ranunculae in pleasingly clashing orange and pink. The flowers are named on the underside as "Ranunclus Poppy" - obviously spelling was not the artist's forte! The plate is unmarked, as is common for this era, except for the pattern number 4/1341, which dates it to about 1855. Condition report The plate is in perfect antique condition with no damage, crazing or repairs, except some small scratches to the pale green ground and some light wear, please see last picture. Antique British porcelain is never perfect. Kilns were fired on coal in the 1800s, and this meant that china from that period can have some firing specks from flying particles. British makers were also known for their experimentation, and sometimes this resulted in technically imperfect results. Due to the shrinkage in the kiln, items can have small firing lines or develop crazing over time, which should not be seen as damage but as an imperfection of the maker's recipes, probably unknown at the time of making. Items have often been used for many years and can have normal signs of wear, and gilt can have signs of slight disintegration even if never handled. I will reflect any damage, repairs, obvious stress marks, crazing or heavy wear in the item description but some minor scratches, nicks, stains and gilt disintegration can be normal for vintage items and need to be taken into account. There is widespread confusion on the internet about the difference between chips and nicks, or hairlines and cracks. I will reflect any damage as truthfully as I can, i.e. a nick is a tiny bit of damage smaller than 1mm and a chip is something you can easily see with the eye; a glazing line is a break in the glazing only; hairline is extremely tight and/or superficial and not picked up by the finger; and a crack is obvious both to the eye and the finger. Dimensions: (diameter) 23cm (9").

Creator:
Samuel Alcock & Co. (Maker)
Dimensions:
Height: 0.75 in (1.91 cm)Diameter: 9 in (22.86 cm)
Style:
Victorian (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain,Hand-Painted
Place of Origin:
England
Period:
1850-1859
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1855
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. In excellent antique condition, no damage, repairs or crazing, some minor wear as visible in the pictures.
Seller Location:
London, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: A-ALC431stDibs: LU4805128495972