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Dinnerware:
Plates, bowls, platters, gravy boats & tureens
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Plates
Dinner 9.75 ins
Dessert 8.75 ins
Tea 7 ins
Tea 5.75 ins
Please email for availability
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Circular dinner plate
10 ins
The only one we've seen, and something of a curiosity - ALVA plates are almost always octagonal!
Impressed with date stamp for 1939
SOLD
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Soup plates
10 ins
£21 each
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Large serving bowl
9.5 ins (top rim)
2.75 ins high
Impressed with date stamp for 1931
£21
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Medium serving bowl
7.5 ins (top rim)
2 ins high
Impressed with date stamp for 1925
£15
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Berry bowl
5 ins
£9 each
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The berry bowl, medium
and large serving bowls
are shown together for
comparison L and R
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Sandwich or cake plate with 'ear' handles
8.75 x 10.25 ins
Impressed with date
stamp for 1935
SOLD
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Meat platters
These were made in a range of sizes:
18 x 14 ins
16 x 12 ins
12.25 x 9.5 ins - £18
11.25 x 8.75 ins - £15
Impressed with date marks for 1930
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Sauce tureen & lid
4.125 ins high (top of lid)
7 ins (between handles)
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Tureen with ladle £60
Without ladle £45
Lid has slot for ladle
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Vegetable tureen & lid
5 ins high (top of lid)
10.5 ins (between handles)
£45
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Gravy boat
3.5 ins high (top of spout)
8 ins (spout-handle)
£25
Note the two different styles
of handle - please specify which
you prefer:
Handle A (left)
Handle B (right)
This gravy boat is in Woods' generic HEXAGONAL shape of the 1920s and 30s. Identically- shaped gravy boats can be found in many other Frederick Rhead-designed patterns, including Yuan, Orient, Canton, Westover, Kenya, Buddha, Wincanton, Japonica , Khotan, Sandown, Old Bow Kakiyemon, etc.
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Gravy boat with attached underplate
4 ins high
11 x 6.75 ins (base)
An extremely unusual variant on the usual gravy boat - with several spouts!
SOLD
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Oval divided dish
7 x 5.125 ins
1.5 ins high
£65
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We specialise in English tableware from the 1920s and 30s and ship worldwide from our base in London, UK.
This site only shows a small fraction of our stock - if you don't see what you're looking for, please email us.
Please note we don't offer a valuation service.
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