Grafton (and after 1949, Royal Grafton) was the trade name used by A. B. Jones & Sons (Ltd) with their works located at Longton, Stock-On-Trent England and they operated between 1900 ~ 1971
This side plate is from one of our "hand painted teaset trios" that is now leaving home, in fact the saucer and teapot have already a new home, just this side plate & the teacup remain currently.
Important note: this "5807" pattern was extremely popular in it's day and was produced in various shapes. This is the square side plate, there were also round side plates produced as were the saucers and teacups with some variation as well, to suit various tastes - the pattern remained the same across the 5807 range.
DLAT Rating: 9.9/10 (Darling, Look At This!)
GRAFTON CHINA - Side Plate (1) ONLY
Grafton China is the tradename used by A.B. Jones & Sons Ltd until around 1949, afterwhich they used the tradename Royal Grafton
Pattern: 5807
Three groups of flowers, dominant is the Blue 'Foxglove like' (although the petals don't look right) and the other flowers are non-descript, perhaps Mauve & Pink/Red "Foxgloves" and Yellow "daisy-like" flowers. Edge rim is finished with Blue paint.
There is no Gold gilding at all
Fine bone china - particularly light when held in the hand, it feels like it looks "delicate & dainty"
Translucent fine china, meaning that when it is held to the light you can easily see the shadow of your hand through the chinaware
This side plate shape & design has a general "Art Deco" appearance to it, particularly the Grey coloured shapes (pathway?) around the flowers, we feel it is most likely this 5807 teaset left the A.B.J. works during the 1940's as this fits in with the time period when the previous extended family owners had this teaset and passed it on to our family, actually it used to be part of a complete large dining set.
BACKSTAMP DETAILS:
Here is a photograph of the actual side plate backstamp
No discernable 'artist mark' and in fact we only know this is the pattern 5807 as other items of the same pattern do have 5807 hand painted on them.
DIMENSIONS:
Square shape with broad "scalloping" Mouth: 156mm x 156mm
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
CLEAN
NO cracks at all
NO chips at all
NO discolouration to the design at all
NO observable knife cut marks or scratching in the central area
NO crazing observed, dry and wet checked
Decorative work is in A1 condition, this means no observable wear 'n' tear from handling at all. In regard to plates in general, the most susceptible areas to wear are the edge rim as this is used to lift and lower the plate, this side plate shows NO wear to this area at all.
