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Copyright/attribution: © P&O Heritage Collection
Dessert plate with P&O insignia
AC/03253/00
Object category: CHINA & TABLEWARE
Date made: c.1850s
Maker: RIDGWAY, MORLEY & WEAR & Co.
Shipping Line:
Material/medium: Ironstone glazed
Dimensions:
- Overall: 4.2 cm x 25 cm x 23 cm
Leaf or shell shape, dessert plate of the "Caledonian" pattern with P&O insignia. The pattern registration date is July 21st 1846. Ironstone transfer-printed in green and produced in Stoke-on-Trent by Ridgway, Morley & Wear Co. Ltd (forebearers of Ashworth & Bros). This service was used on board P&O ships of the time and on the overland transit across Egypt. It's thought to be first known pattern of ironstone used by the Company.