Maker: John & William Ridgway
Style period: Late Regency
This Late Regency part dessert set by John & William Ridgway is skilfully potted and attractively decorated with hand-painted sprays of flowers in the central wells and border cartouches.
The mint ground of the borders, crossed with diagonals of dark green and stylised gilt floral chains, is reminiscent of Regency upholstery. Cream-ground cartouches are framed by dark-green and gilt scrolls.
The Ridgway ‘Gloucester’ shape has an elegantly lobed rim. In between moulded pairs of florets, what appears to be gadrooning is in fact gilt-moulded beading, trimmed with gilding and inset from the rim. The dish provides further evidence of the potter’s art in the ornate handles formed of moulded acanthus leaves and flower heads.
The pattern number, 2434, is the bases of the dish and plates. We think this pattern was introduced near the end of the Cauldon Place partnership of brother John and William Ridgway, which lasted from 1814 to 1830.
Condition Very good. No damage or repairs. Minor rubbing to the gilt sprigs and narrow gilt bands around the central wells, and to the odd spot around the rim of the plates. A few very slight surface abrasions to the glaze.
Dish Width between handles 30 cm
Plates Diameter: 22.5 cm
Combined net weight: 1363 g
Medium: Bone china (porcelain)
Origin: Cauldon Place, Stoke-on-Trent, England
For background on the factory, see Ridgway pottery at Cauldon Place in Makers & Artists
