Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1968.032.016 |
Object Name |
Platter |
Title |
Oval-Shaped Corn Pattern Serving Platter |
Lexicon category |
4: T&E For Materials |
Date |
Late 19th-century |
Year Range from |
1870 |
Year Range to |
1900 |
Made |
Hollinshed & Kirkham |
Place of Origin |
Staffordshire, England |
Description |
Large, oval-shaped, corn pattern white ironstone china platter, late 19th-c. It has a transfer-printed maker's mark on the underside that looks like a garter with flowing ends, a central castle motif. Fluted interior body and embossed corn design around rim. Base reads "Ironstone China H & K" stamped (transfer-printed); "12" impressed. |
Makers mark |
Transfer-printed mark on the underside |
Provenance |
This serving platter was manufactured in Staffordshire, England. The maker's name varies in different sources: Hollingshed and Kirkham (Ltd.) Unicorn Pottery, Staffordshire Potteries. The mark on this platter would date it between 1870-1900. Holinshed & Kirkham (Ltd.) Tunstall, Staffordshire, UK. Based at the Unicorn Pottery in Tunstall from 1876 (previously at Burslem 1870-1876)) this company produced earthenwares 1870-1956, then it was bought up by Johnson Bros. (Hanley) Ltd. Messrs Hollinshead & Kirkham is another spelling seen for this company name. Owned/used by the Dr. Melville and Marjorie Knox (neé McFadden) family who resided in Owen Sound but also had a farm in Derby Township, Grey County. |
Collection |
Food Service Tools & Equipment |
Material |
Ceramic/Glaze/Transfer print |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Knox, Dr. Melville R. |
Subjects |
Tableware |
Function |
An item of tableware, used for food service |