RARE Circa 1830 Rare Two Color Brown Yellow Transferware Platter John Ridgway Villa aesthetic movement dragonfly Spode’s collections were quickly copied

Spode’s collections were quickly copied by competitors but no other range could equal the detail and quality that Josiah I instilled into his ware

Alfred Meakin

Measures: x 1/8" thick

©2001 Nancy Roberts

The outside has a pretty design of Victorian styled scrollwork and lettering

RARE Circa 1830 Rare Two Color Brown Yellow Transferware Platter John Ridgway Villa aesthetic movement dragonfly Spode’s collections were quickly copiedAfter 1828, technology allowed potters to produce two and three color transfer wares. This truly stunning example dating to the 1830's, by John Ridgway is a very highly sought after piece in the Villa pattern. Yellow is the very rarest color of transferware, and the intricacy in transfer placement on this piece is unsurpassed. This elaborately scalloped, rectangular serving platter in John Ridgway's "Villa" is executed in brown transfer and the rarest