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Old England

Tea Plate
ca. 1952 (designed (shape)), ca. 1953 - 1955 (designed (pattern)), ca. 1953 - 1955 (made)
Artist/Maker
W. R. Midwinter Ltd (manufacturer)
Midwinter, Roy (designer)
Place of origin
Burslem (made)

White squared plate with a printed and hand coloured, red, green, blue, yellow, village scene including a church, houses and windmill against a gridded background.

Object details

Category
Ceramics
Object type
Tea plate
Titles
  • Old England (manufacturer's title)
  • Stylecraft (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with printed and hand-coloured underglaze decoration
Earthenware
Brief description
Squared plate with printed village scene, 'Old England' pattern, 'Stylecraft' shape, earthenware, made by W. R. Midwinter Ltd., Burslem, ca. 1953-55
Physical description
White squared plate with a printed and hand coloured, red, green, blue, yellow, village scene including a church, houses and windmill against a gridded background.
Dimensions
  • Height: 1.4cm
  • At widest point diameter: 17cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'OLD ENGLAND / W.R.MIDWINTER LTD / BURSLEM/ ENGLAND / A GENUINE HAND ENGRAVING / COLOURS PERMANENT AND / ACID RESISTING' (Maker's mark printed (underglaze) and hand painted to match plate surface on base)
  • Village scene picture (Maker's mark printed (underglaze) on base between OLD ENGLAND and W.R.MIDWINTER LTD)
Gallery label
Tea plate 'Old England' 'Stylecraft'
, designer (shape) Roy Midwintermanufacturer W.R.Midwinter Ltd., Burslem, England; about 1953, designed about 1952
Earthenware with printed and hand-coloured underglaze decoration

C.148-1992
Object history
C.131 to 155-1992 purchased for £30.
Production
The designer of the 'Old England' pattern is not known.
Bibliographic references
  • Walker, Susannah. Contemporary/Moderne: British Mass-Produced Tableware of the 1950s. MA Thesis, V&A/RCA History of Design, 1990.
  • Peat, Alan Midwinter: A collector's guide. Moffat: Cameron & Hollis, 1992. ISBN 0906506069
Other number
1.01
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.148-1992

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Record createdMay 6, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O154089/old-england-tea-plate-midwinter-roy/
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