Cauldon Place Works
"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
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.
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.
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.
The ladle is probably a marriage as the border does not match the tureen.
The tiny impressed "45" and the painted mark above it are probably tally marks.
The soup tureen stand is 349mm long and 330mm wide. Ironstone.
Photos © Kenneth H. Carleton 2023
The dinner plate is 260mm in diameter. Ironstone.
Photos © Chris Holland 2023
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Pattern 5301 'Macartney'
The dinner plate is 263mm in diameter. Ironstone.
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.
Photos © Kenneth H Carleton 2023
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Pattern 5439
The dessert plate or twiffler is 225mm in diameter. Ironstone.
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.
Photos © Kenneth H Carleton 2021
The dessert plate is 226mm in diameter. Ironstone.
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.
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.
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.
Photos © Angela Grant 2019
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Pattern 5858 "Auckland"
The soup plate is 260mm in diameter. Ironstone.
Photos © Robert Hawker 2023
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Pattern 6039 "Auckland"
The dessert plate or twiffler is 225mm in diameter. Ironstone.
Photos © Chris Holland 2023
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Pattern 6921
The dinner plate is 267mm in diameter. Ironstone.
Photos © Bonnie Jean Seiwell ~ Lady in Decadence 2022
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Pattern 6924
The dinner plate is 263mm in diameter. Ironstone.
Photos © Chris Holland 2023
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Notes.
1. Information supplied by Pat Halfpenny.