One of the oldest potteries in England, established by John Aynsley I at Longton in 1775 and synonymous with English fine bone china and elegance
AYNSLEY - Serving Plate ONLY
Circa 1939+ (based primarily on the backstamp)
Made in England
Bone China not earthernware - the plate is translucent, meaning if held to the light you can see the shadow of your hand through the plate easily, in fact you can see the Gold gilding on the other side easily.
The bone china is a bright, pure White looking very much like a porcelain.
Design: No idea what this dining tableware set pattern was called, this is our last remaining piece from the dining set. No hand painting other than the Gold gilding and the china surface topside has what I can only describe as "ripples" leading down towards the central flat area.
Here is a photograph of the backstamp on this serving plate
Difficult to see but below "Bone China" there are two numerals, 29 - at first thought I mistook this for the year it left the works but that doesn't match with the backstamp design, which began to be used from 1939 onwards, so I must assume these two numerals related to a pattern number.
DIMENSIONS:
Outer rim: 210mm (just over 8 inches) diameter
Weight: 310g
COSMETIC CONDITION:
NO cracks
NO chips
NO fleabites
NO signs of glazing breakdown (Dry observation and Wet tested)
NO significant knife marks from previous usage in the central area
Gold gilding wear is minimal (if any) certainly the heavy outer rim gilding but also the Chintz work (which is quite delicate looking) is also unworn. This is something I have noticed with the "higher quality" china makers such as Aynsley and Minton, their gilding doesn't seem to wear to the same extent as other makers products from the same era.
