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"By Royal Appointment" plate table shape

Geoffrey Godden illustrates a part service of this shape and Pattern 6119 in Ridgway Porcelains (1985), p.222, Plate 194, and the soup tureen and stand from the same service on p.107, Plate 115. In both case he gives an incorrect date of c.1850-51, whereas a more correct date, given the pattern number, would be early 1840s.

John Ridgway & Co.

"By Royal Appointment" plate

Pattern 5293

Pattern 5296

Pattern 5301 'Macartney'

Pattern 5423

Pattern 5439

Pattern 5440 "Mazeppe"

Pattern 5474 'Penang'

Pattern 5661 'Bentick'

Pattern 5858 "Auckland"

Pattern 6039 "Auckland"

Pattern 6921

Pattern 6924

 

"By Royal Appointment" plate

This extraordinary plate is something of a mystery. The first thought was it was an escapee from a royal service, but no such service exists in the Royal Collection. A notice to the effect that John Ridgway had been 'appointed Potter to the Queen' appeared in the Staffordshire Gazette and County Standard of 5 October 1839,1 and this plate may have been made as an exhibition piece to celebrate the fact, or as a sample made in the hope of gaining further royal orders. The decoration would fit the period of the announcement. After 1840 the issue of Royal Warrants was tightened up, and they were only granted to those supplying consistently over several years. After that permission was required to use the Royal Arms as a backstamp and was only granted to Warrant holders under the new system.

The dessert plate is 254mm in diameter. Bone china.

By Royal Appointment plate front

By Royal Appointment plate front detail upper

By Ryal Appointment plate front detail centre

By Royal Appointment plate front detail centre flowers

By Royal Appointment plate front detail lower

By Royal Appointment plate back

By Royal Appointment plate backstamp

This is the correct Royal Arms for Queen Victoria, unlike the Royal Arms normally used by the factory that included the inescutcheon of Hanover, which was incorrect after 1837, but which was still used by the factory until the mid 1840s (see below).

Photos © Jonathan Charles Purt 2020

 

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Pattern 5293

The 7 inch muffin is 173mm in diameter. Ironstone.

Pattern 5293 muffin front

Pattern 5293 muffin back

Pattern 5293 muffin marks

Photos © Chris Holland 2023

 

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Pattern 5296

The soup tureen is 349mm long, 248mm wide, and 305mm tall with stand and lid. Ironstone.

Pattern 5296 soup tureen and stand view

Pattern 5296 soup tureen and stand side view with ladle

The ladle is probably a marriage as the border does not match the tureen.

Pattern 5296 soup tureen lid top

Pattern 5296 soup tureen lid base

The tiny impressed "45" and the painted mark above it are probably tally marks.

Pattern 5296 soup tureen side

Pattern 5296 soup tureen base

Pattern 5296 soup tureen base marks

The soup tureen stand is 349mm long and 330mm wide. Ironstone.

Pattern 5296 soup tureen stand top

Pattern 5296 soup tureen stand base

Pattern 5296 soup tureen stand marks

Photos © Kenneth H. Carleton 2023

 

The dinner plate is 260mm in diameter. Ironstone.

Pattern 5296 dinner plate front

Pattern 5296 dinner plate back

Pattern 5296 dinner plate marks

Photos © Chris Holland 2023

 

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Pattern 5301 'Macartney'

The dinner plate is 263mm in diameter. Ironstone.

Pattern 5301 dinner plate front

Pattern 5301 dinner plate back

Pattern 5301 dinner plate marks

Joseph Green & Sons was a London retailer who was not happy with manufacturers using their own marks.

Photos © Chris Holland 2023

 

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Pattern 5423

The dinner plate is 260mm in diameter. Ironstone.

Pattern 5423 dinner plate front

Pattern 5423 dinner plate back

Pattern 5423 dinner plate marks

Photos © Kenneth H Carleton 2023

 

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Pattern 5439

The dessert plate or twiffler is 225mm in diameter. Ironstone.

Pattern 5439 dessert plate front

Pattern 5439 dessert plate back

Pattern 5439 dessert plate marks

Photos © Chris Holland 2023

 

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Pattern 5440 "Mazeppe"

(Formerly Unknown Pattern 5.)

The meat dish is 330mm long and 276mm wide. Ironstone.

Unknown Pattern 5 meat dish front

Unknown Pattern 5 meat dish side

Unknown Pattern 5 meat dish back

Unknown Pattern 5 meat dish backstamp

Photos © Kenneth H Carleton 2021

 

The dessert plate is 226mm in diameter. Ironstone.

Pattern 5440 dessert plate front

Pattern 5440 dessert plate front detail

Pattern 5440 dessert plate front detail 2

Pattern 5440 dessert plate back

Pattern 5440 dessert plate pattern number

Photos © Chris Holland 2024

 

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Pattern 5474 'Penang'

For other examples of the same print see the "Penang" print page.

The dessert plate or twiffler is 228mm in diameter. Ironstone.

Pattern 5474 dessert plate front

Pattern 5474 dessert plate front detail

Pattern 5474 dessert plate back

Pattern 5474 dessert plate marks

The Royal Arms here is the version with the inescutcheon of Hanover, which was correct for George IV and William IV, but incorrect for Queen Victoria who came to the throne in 1837. Despite this, this version was used by the factory up to the mid 1840s.

The second dessert plate is a replacement produced by T. C. Brown-Westhead, Moore, & Co.
The dessert plate is 228mm in diameter. Ironstone.

Pattern 5474 dessert plate front

Pattern 5474 dessert plate front detail

Pattern 5474 dessert plate back

Pattern 5474 dessert plate pattern number

Pattern 5474 dessert plate marks

Photos © Collector from California 2020

 

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Pattern 5661 'Bentick'

For other examples of the same print see the "Bentick" print page.

The 8 inch muffin is 203mm in diameter. Bone china.

Pattern 5661 muffin front

Pattern 5661 muffin back

Pattern 5661 muffin pattern number

Photos © Angela Grant 2019

 

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Pattern 5858 "Auckland"

The soup plate is 260mm in diameter. Ironstone.

Pattern 5858 soup plate front

Pattern 5858 soup plate back

Pattern 5858 soup plate marks

Photos © Robert Hawker 2023

 

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Pattern 6039 "Auckland"

The dessert plate or twiffler is 225mm in diameter. Ironstone.

Pattern 6039 dessert plate front

Pattern 6039 dessert plate front detail

Pattern 6039 dessert plate front detail 2

Pattern 6039 dessert plate back

Pattern 6039 dessert plate pattern number

Photos © Chris Holland 2023

 

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Pattern 6921

The dinner plate is 267mm in diameter. Ironstone.

Pattern 6921 dinner plate front

Pattern 6921 dinner plate front detail

Pattern 6921 dinner plate back

Pattern 6921 dinner plate marks

Photos © Bonnie Jean Seiwell ~ Lady in Decadence 2022

 

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Pattern 6924

The dinner plate is 263mm in diameter. Ironstone.

Pattern 6924 dinner plate front

Pattern 6924 dinner plate back

Pattern 6924 dinner plate pattern number

Photos © Chris Holland 2023

 

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Notes.

1. Information supplied by Pat Halfpenny.