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Samuel Alcock Porcelain Plate, Maroon with Flowers, Regency, ca 1825

Name: Samuel Alcock Porcelain Plate, Maroon with Flowers, Regency, ca 1825
Brand: Samuel Alcock & Co.
Price: 425 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

This is a very striking and rare dessert plate made by Samuel Alcock around the year 1825. The plate is square and has the "inverted shell" moulding with pierced borders, a deep maroon border, and beautiful hand painted flowers 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. The shape of this plate is often called the "inverted shell" or "dropped shell" shape. There is a huge amount of confusion around this shape as it was made by Alcock, Rathbone, Machin, Ridgway, New Hall and Minton, and possibly others... I believe this one to be from Alcock, based on the fact that it is pierced, the pattern number and the quality of the painting and the colour. That being said, while the ground colour in maroon is absolutely beautiful and quite rare, it is not perfectly applied and some of it has leaked onto the moulded shell detail - but this doesn't distract from its beauty. The flower painting is gorgeous and done by a very skilled artist. The plate is unmarked except the pattern number 517, which dates it to the mid 1820s. Condition report: The plate is in excellent condition without any damage, crazing or repairs. It has some light wear as visible in the pictures. 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. Etcetera, I try to be as accurate as I can. Dimensions: 21.5cm (8.5") x 20.5cm (8").

Creator:

Samuel Alcock & Co. (Maker)

Dimensions:

Height: 1 in (2.54 cm)Width: 8.5 in (21.59 cm)Depth: 8 in (20.32 cm)

Style:

Regency (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Porcelain,Hand-Painted

Place of Origin:

England

Period:

1820-1829