An antique Georgian Miles Mason pottery B&W Broseley Willow Pagoda Plate C.1800+

Antique Georgian English pottery pale blue and white transferware Miles Mason Broseley Willow Pagoda pattern shallow Dish with scalloped rim and having the ‘Chinese mark’ – Goddens page 419

Circa: 1800 – 1816

Good Antique Condition – with signs of age and wear commensurate of age – no chips or cracks – please view images

8.5 inches (22cm) dia approx

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Practical and technically excellent Staffordshire porcelain or refined earthenware’s often copied closely from Chinese prototypes, began to flood the market in the early 19th century. This plate is copied almost exactly from a Chinese export version. What is different is the use of transfer-printing in preference to the labour-intensive Chinese method of hand painting.

Miles Mason (died 1822) had been a successful china merchant in London, dealing in imported Chinese porcelain, before moving to Staffordshire and starting his own pottery. His determination to become a manufacturer was certainly influenced by the East India Company’s decision in 1791 to cease importing Chinese porcelain.