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Samuel Alcock Porcelain Plate, Maroon Staffordshire Border with Pansy, 1854
About the Item
This is a striking plate with the popular "Staffordshire" moulding, a deep maroon rim with bold beige and white foliage, and a large hand painted yellow and purple pansy in the centre. The Staffordshire border was so called because the pretzel-like elements symbolise the 7 towns of what is now Stoke-on-Trent, which is where The Potteries were located as the world's prime porcelain hub of its age, including the Samuel Alcock factory. Sometimese these pretzel design elements are pierced; these have their cavities filled in with a fresh lime green colour. This plate has a diamond mark on the back, dating it to 10 April 1854.
Pattern: 3/7590
Year: 1854
Size: 23.2cm (9.15") diameter
Condition: no damage, crazing or repairs, just some surface wear as visible in the pictures.
Provenance: The Murray Pollinger Collection
The Samuel Alcock factory was operative in Staffordshire between 1822 and 1856, after which it was bought by Sir James Duke and Nephews. The factory started as a partnership between the young Samuel Alcock and the older Ralph Stevenson, who provided the factory and capital. Alcock quickly took the factory to great heights, building one of the biggest factories of its time. Alcock jumped on the new Rococo Revival fashion and served a huge new middle class market. The reason we now don't hear much about Samuel Alcock porcelain is that much of it has been mis-identified over the years and attributed to Coalport, Ridgway, Rockingham or others; Alcock did not mark any of his porcelain save a few rare pieces, and the numbering system is difficult to understand. However, the wares are still wide spread and many are of great quality.
This item formed part of the Murray Pollinger Collection of Samuel Alcock Porcelain.
Murray Pollinger was a passionate collector of Samuel Alcock porcelain. He was known as a true gentleman, impeccably dressed, always kind and modest - even some of his porcelain collecting friends had no idea about the size and importance of his collection. From the mid 1980s until shortly before his death in 2022 he collected many thousands of pieces and painstakingly catalogued them. He also went on trips to Staffordshire to discover the history of Samuel Alcock from whatever little documentation has been preserved. Through his painstaking work, Pollinger was able to make sense of the pattern numbering system that was used, and this was a huge step forward in identifying and understanding the porcelain. A website with the results of his research will be made availabe over the course of 2023. While he sold off about half of his collection in 2016, the remaining half is now made available to a new generation of collectors.
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 and please feel free to ask questions or request more detailed pictures!
- Creator:Samuel Alcock & Co. (Maker)
- Dimensions:Height: 0.75 in (1.91 cm)Diameter: 9.15 in (23.25 cm)
- Style:Rococo Revival (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:circa 1854
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. no damage, crazing or repairs, just some surface wear as visible in the pictures.
- Seller Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:Seller: MP-ALC1171stDibs: LU4805140969022
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