SPODE CRACKED ICE & PRUNUS- GRAVY BOAT & UNDER PLATE

SPODE CRACKED ICE & PRUNUS #6669 (c.1914+) GRAVY BOAT WITH UNDER PLATE- RARE!! EXCELLENT!!

Name: SPODE CRACKED ICE &amp; PRUNUS #6669 (c.1914+) GRAVY BOAT WITH UNDER PLATE- RARE!! EXCELLENT!!
SKU: 21238
Price: 189.99 USD
Availability: InStock

$189.99

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS A LOVELY GRAVY BOAT WITH UNDER PLATE FROM SPODE IN THEIR HIGH END, RARELY AVAILABLE, CRACKED ICE AND PRUNUS SCALLOPED PATTERN.

WHILE THIS VERSION OF THE PATTERN DATES TO AS EARLY AS 1914 (REGISTRATION # 637556), THE IMPRESSED MARKS ON THE UNDER PLATE DATE THESE TO 1912. THE FIRST OF THIS SPODE PATTERN GOING BACK TO THE 1820’s.

THE PATTERN PORTRAYS THE COMING CHINESE NEW YEAR; THE END OF WINTER AND THE START OF SPRING, WITH THE ICE CRACKING AND CHERRY TREES IN BLOOM ….. CHERRY BLOSSOMS AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF CRACKED ICE. THE DESIGN DERIVED FROM THE CHINESE ORIGINAL FOUND ON IMPORTED GINGER JARS.

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Categories: Cracked Ice & Prunus, SPODE----

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SPODE CRACKED ICE & PRUNUS #6669 (c.1914+) GRAVY BOAT WITH UNDER PLATE- RARE!! EXCELLENT!!

THE GRAVY BOAT AND UNDER PLATE ARE IN EXCELLENT USED CONDITION CONSIDERING THEIR OVER 100 YEAR AGE !! THERE ARE NO CRACKS OR CHIPS BUT THERE IS OVERALL CRAZING TO THE UNDER PLATE, NONE TO THE BOAT. ALSO SLIGHT AGE WEAR TO THE GILT TRIM IN PLACES. A BEAUTIFUL SET !!

THE BOAT MEASURES 6 3/4 INCHES FROM MOUTH TO HANDLE END AND STANDS 4 1/4 INCHES IN HEIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE HANDLE. THE OVAL UNDER PLATE IS 6 3/8 ACROSS TO THE ENDS AND 5 INCHES TO THE SIDES.

WHAT AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO YOUR BLUE AND WHITE COLLECTION OR TO YOUR CRACKED ICE AND PRUNUS SET !! THIS IS A TRULY RARE FIND….. PIECES IN THIS PATTERN ARE SELDOM SEEN, SO DO KEEP IN MIND THAT AS TIME GOES BY, EVEN LESS OF THIS WONDERFUL CHINA WILL BE AVAILABLE !!

FEEL FREE TO MESSAGE ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR REQUIRE A QUOTE ON POSTAGE.

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