Hicks, Meigh, Gilded Imari Stone China Lobed Dish c1825

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Large Leaf Shaped Lobed Dish by Hicks, Meigh & Johnson in the Gilded Imari Stone China Tradition from the 1820s WELCOME Large Lobed Relish Tray or Desert Ironstone Dish Molded after Beaded Silver and Decorated in the Gaudy Imari Style of the 1820s (see details below). ITEM DETAILS: This large Mason's-type stone china bodied ornate beaded and lobed dish is from the Staffordshire pottery of Hicks, Meigh and Johnson. This enamel decorated and gold accented dish is fashioned after the popular Japanese Imari patterns produced by British potteries in the early 1800s. The popularity of these busily embellished patterns produced a genre that includes the Gaudy Dutch wares and even the tobacco leaf motifs. The center of the dish offered has a number of elements that are found on the various gaudy-style wares of the period. What makes this lobed dish particularly striking is the tasteful mix of relief molded beading, two tones of underglaze blue and skillful use gold leaf and other overglaze enamels. T is a gilded Chinese style vase near the center of the well and the inner design is pleasantly asymmetrical. The handle is molded and has floral terminals accented in gold. The back side of the dish has a tall pedestal base with molded beading along its spread foot. T are three finely drawn blue and red palette leafy vines on the back that give the dish an Imari appearance of being much older. T is also a the blue printed Royal Arms mark used by Hicks, Meigh and Johnson on their fine ironstone wares between 1822 and 1835. The mark has the words 'Stone China' and a '53' below the lion, shield and unicorn. The number 53 refers to the pattern number and has nothing to do with 1853 since the Hicks, Meigh and Johnson partnership stopped producing wares in 1835. So if you collect these early hard bodied opaque stone china wares decorated in the Imari genre and dating from the early 1800s, then this scarce dish form may be just the one for you. The dish has an old, antique brass rivet repair done more than 100 years ago that still lets the dish ring like a bell today (see full condition notes below). And as always, this Imari Stone China Dish also comes with a satisfaction guarantee or you may return it using my return policy as noted below. SIZE: This large dish measures 8 1/2 inches by 8 1/2 inches across and stands 1 5/8 along its edge with its hand reaching 2 3/8 inches in height. The spreading pedestal base stands 5/8 inches tall. It is a nice size for displaying on a table, mantle or shelf and can even be set upright in a plate holding. CONDITION: This dish is in very good condition with an old L-shaped hairline that has been stabilized over a century ago with brass rivets. The rivets or staples are hand customized and each is slightly different in length as one finds on these old repairs. T are four staples on the back side and one on the front. A small 3/8 chip at the end of the repair has been colored over. The dish rings like a bell today when tapped with your finger nail and the repairs are tight and professionally done. Beyond the old repair, the only other damage is a single thin glaze chip 1/4 chip on the under side of the rim at a lobe near the handle. The chip is not visible when the dish is sitting upright and can only be seen when it is turned upside down. A pen points to this glaze chip while a pencil points to the staple repaired hairline in various photos below. chip. Beyond this, the lobed dish has no other damage and NO major scratches, stains chips. And should the buyer not be completely pleased, then a refund is available by following my 7 day return policy as explained below. PLEASE KINDLY LOOK AT MY OTHER LISTINGS (some soon to be posted, too) for more 18th & 19th Century ITEMS of INTEREST - - Thanks . . . . TERMS OF SALE: SHIPPING: All US buyers simply pay a flat shipping cost of $8.80 for insured USPS, double boxed, priority mail (insurance is INCLUDED right in this amount for all mainland US... read more

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