This tableware ceramic set was made by Shorter & Son (UK)
Shorter & Son (Stoke On Trent) were in operation 1906 ~ 1964 and produced a wide range of decorative tableware and pottery, including Toby Jugs.
SHORTER & SON - Fish Sauce Boat Set
Set comprises the sauce boat and matching fish plate that the boat sits upon
Circa 1930's
Typical Art Deco design
Pale Orange is the dominant colouring with Lime Green colouring to the tail and fins
Hand decorated pieces
DIMENSIONS:
Sauce boat: 130mm length (tail to pouring spout) x 90mm height (base to the top lip of the fishes mouth)
Fish plate: 165mm length x 115mm wide
Base marking (impressed) both pieces
SHORTER
ENGLAND
In addition to the impressions, printed in Royal Blue on both pieces (under the glaze)
SHORTER & SON
STOKE.ON.TRENT
ENGLAND.
CONDITION:
USED
Sauce Boat:
NO chips
NO fleabites
NO cracks
NO crazing observed (Wet or Dry)
Fish Plate:
NO fleabites
NO cracks
NO crazing observed (Wet or Dry)
BUT a light "touch up" with the finger reveals a tiny little chip on the front lower fin - I could only find this by feeling the smoothness of the ceramic work. It is very small but there none-the-less
