Misleading Pieces
Mason's
The patterns here are ones used at Lane Delph prior to the printing plates and moulds being sold to Francis Morley in 1848.
Miles Mason, Lane Delph, c.1800-1813
G. M. & C. J. Mason, Lane Delph, c.1813-1829
C. J. Mason & Co., Lane Delph, 1829-1845
C. J. Mason, Lane Delph, 1845-1848
In 1848 the Mason's printing plates and moulds were sold to Francis Morley at the Broad Street Works.
C. J. Mason, Lane Delph, c.1851-54
Mason's Pattern 1 Indian Grasshopper
This is the real Mason's Pattern 1 which, as can be seen, is not the pattern the Goddards and later owners referred to as 'Mason's No.1'. The latter was a reissue of Hicks & Meigh Pattern 1. In the twentieth century this print became the basis of the "Regency" print.
The dessert plate or twiffler is 9.75 inches in diameter. Ironstone.
The absence of the maker's name is thought to be because the plate was made before the patent was granted in 1813.
Photos © Gay Jungemann ~ Ruby Lane. 2020
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Mason's 'Canton'
For a version of this possibly made by Francis Morley at the Broad Street Works for William Ridgway at the Bell Works click here.
For Broad Street Works patterns on the same shape click here.
The dessert plate or twiffler is 10.25 inches in diameter. Ironstone.
Photos © Gay Jungemann ~ Ruby Lane. 2020
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