Description
A super sized brown on white transfer printed serving platter in the Aesthetic taste, made by Bates Walker, date marked 1876.
Bates Walker & Co, an Earthenware and porcelain manufacturer at the Dale Hall Works, Longport, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, produced their wares from 1875-1878. The Dale Hall works was originally founded in 1790 and this date appears on the backstamp.
The Bamboo pattern is a historic 19th-century Victorian transferware design, registered on February 8th, 1876. This pattern was active around the same time the company exhibited in the British Section of the 1876 International Exhibition in Philadelphia.
The Aesthetic Movement, or Chinoiserie style, reflects the Victorian Era’s fascination with Eastern and Asian art forms.
The pattern features a central cartouche with birds and bamboo stalks, complemented by Anglicized Eastern motifs along the borders.
20.5 inches long x 16 inches wide x 2 inches deep.
Showing the makers backstamp and registration mark, with impressed marking on the verso.
In excellent antique condition, nice and white with a crisp transfer.
