ONLINE AUCTION FURNITURE POTTERY COLLECTIBLES AND SOME SUPRISES
Lot 375:
A Collection of Mason's Ironstone Mandalay and Manchu Pattern Tableware and a York Minster Calendar Plate
Description
An assortment of British ironstone ceramics manufactured by Mason’s, featuring items in the Mandalay and Manchu patterns. The Mandalay pattern pieces are decorated with transfer-printed and hand-painted floral designs in a traditional Imari palette of iron red, pink, and cobalt blue with gilded accents. This group includes circular plates, a hexagonal vase, and a small spherical pot. The Manchu pattern items feature blue and white transfer-printed oriental-style landscapes and floral motifs, comprising a faceted jug, a rectangular lidded box, a cylindrical lidded pot, and a lidded ginger jar. Also included is a boxed blue and white transfer-printed calendar plate for the year 1983, featuring an illustration of York Minster. The pieces bear the Mason’s crown emblem backstamp with various inscriptions including Patent Ironstone, Ironstone Made in England, and the specific pattern names Mandalay and Manchu. Some items also feature the text Printed and Hand Painted and red hand-painted numerals.
Plates: approximately 26 cm diameter
Hexagonal vase: approximately 15 cm height
Faceted jug: approximately 13 cm height.
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