DETAILS
An antique set of five plates handpainted with floral baskets (each a different floral bouquet) with a scarce maroon or claret red color border and inverted shell or dropped shell molding. Several potteries did this inverted shell shape including: Alcock, Rathbone, Machin, Ridgway, New Hall, and others.
PATTERN
304
STYLE
Rococo Revival
MAKER
Attributed to Samuel Alcock & Company (Burslem, Staffordshire, England, 1828-59)
PERIOD
Early 19th century
DATE
Circa 1830
DIMENSIONS
(5) Width 9.5 Depth 9.5 Height 1.5 inches