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Royal Worcester
Antique Royal Worcester Vitreous China Plate Hand Painted Pheasants by George Johnson Pattern number 5369 date code 1903
A Royal Worcester Vitreous China dessert plate that has been beautifully hand painted with Pheasants by the ceramic artist - George Johnson (1859 -1931), a specialist bird painter. The artist has signed his surname - Johnson on the bottom right of the central image. The plate has a round slightly lobed edge with a border pattern consisting of five pairs of low relief moulded acanthus leaves with deep cobalt blue decoration and gilded highlighting.
The plate has an impressed mark on the back marked on the back with various potters marks and standard printed mark of the crowned crescent with eleven dots: the the date code for 1903. King Edward VII was on the throne in the early 20th century when this antique plate was made.
The back is marked with the hand painted pattern number 5369 and a painters mark. There are also impressed marks to the base: crowned, crescent 51 and W mark, see mark number 4350 in Godden's Encyclopaedia of pottery and porcelain marks.
The plate is in excellent antique condition - has no chips cracks nor restoration. Please see the images.
We have listed separately two similar plates - one with Snipe the other with Quail, they are all shown together in one of the images.
This is a great item for any collector of English early 20th century dessert plates, game bird pattern plates, poly-chrome enamel decorated ware or antique Royal Worcester porcelain.
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Height 15/16 inch ( 2.3 cm)
Diameter 9 1/8 inches ( 23.1 cm)
Weight 438 grammes unpacked
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