RARE Circa 1830 Rare Two Color Brown Yellow Transferware Platter John Ridgway Villa aesthetic movement dragonfly used only for a photo

used only for a photo shoot

Alfred Meakin

Spode’s collections were quickly copied by competitors but no other range could equal the detail and quality that Josiah I instilled into his ware

©2001 Nancy Roberts

RARE Circa 1830 Rare Two Color Brown Yellow Transferware Platter John Ridgway Villa aesthetic movement dragonfly used only for a photoAfter 1828, technology allowed potters to produce two and three color transfer wares. This truly stunning example dating to the 1830's, by John Ridgway is a very highly sought after piece in the Villa pattern. Yellow is the very rarest color of transferware, and the intricacy in transfer placement on this piece is unsurpassed. This elaborately scalloped, rectangular serving platter in John Ridgway's "Villa" is executed in brown transfer and the rarest