Royal sketches - Hicks, Meigh & Johnson - Plate (4) - Borden - Earthenware

This is a very interesting new discovery! This is not the Yuan line from Wood & Sons, but a considerably older and rarer series of antique English earthenware named "Royal Sketches". Dating: This is truly antique transferware from the mid-19th century, produced around circa 1840–1850 (Victorian era). Origin: Produced in Staffordshire, England. Although no factory name was printed at the time, experts often attribute this series to the well-known potters Hicks, Meigh & Johnson (or successors) from Shelton. Design (Theme): The series depicts romantic British royal landscapes. * on the top two (deep) plates you can see the famous 'Fishing Temple at Virginia Water', a pavilion in Chinoiserie style that was built for King George IV, including a royal boat on the lake. * The bottom two plates show another royal landscape (probably Windsor Castle or Eton). The rim: A beautiful openwork floral border with the official floral emblems of the United Kingdom: the rose (England), the thistle (Scotland) and the shamrock (Ireland). The stamp (Back): The logo shows a cartouche with the text "Royal Sketches", surrounded by the same royal flowers and crowned with a British crown. The deep plates are 24 cm in diameter and the shallow plates 22 cm. One of the deep plates has a hairline crack. Furthermore, the plates are absolutely beautiful.