Four Mason's Ironstone Ladies With Cranes Plates

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EOA030

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£500.00

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This set of four Mason's Ironstone "Ladies with Cranes" dinner plates was made factory at Lane Delph, Staffordshire, England and is stamped to the base with the company's earliest backstamp, dating this lovely set to the earliest period of Mason's Ironstone production, circa 1815.

The design is an exceptionally rare Mason's Ironstone blue and white chinoiserie pattern known as "Ladies with Cranes," featuring two ladies (Long Elizas) in a garden setting with two cranes, one on the ground and one flying overhead, surrounded by a rich border pattern of symbols and flowers with gilt detailing. This set is in very good antique condition with gilt and glaze in good condition, with one plate having an antique hairline crack to the rim, as pictured.

The pattern is illustrated on Page 76 of "A Guide to Mason's Patent Ironstone Patterns, circa 1813-1848", produced by The Mason's Collectors Club. The bases have the single line impressed factory mark; MASON'S PATENT IRONSTONE CHINA, which is recorded as being one of the earliest impressed marks indicating a date of circa 1813-1820, making this plate one of the earliest pieces of Mason's, as their Ironstone was only produced from 1813, during the George III period.

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