George Jones Crescent China Floral Cobalt & Gold 8 7/8 Inch Plate C. 1920s Absolutely beautiful scalloped edge porcelain plate. Decorated with pink, blue, red, yellow and purple flowers in the center. With bands of gold gilding, gold gilt dots, and gold gilt scrollwork. The border is a deep cobalt blue over white, with fancy gold gilt scrollwork around sections of white that show though. Some of the white sections have small flowers. With scalloped gold gilding along the edge. Marked on the reverse The Bailey Banks & Biddle Co Philadelphia and GJ & Sons Made in England. This mark was used by George Jones Crescent China during the 1920s. Bailey Banks & Biddle are the Philadelphia retailer the plate was made for. Also marked with the pattern number 18008. Has overall crazing, and a few very minor spots of wear to the gilding along the very edge, but is in otherwise good condition with no chips or cracks. Measures approximately 8 7/8 inches wide. This is vintage and may have small in manufacture defects that do not effect the display of the piece. This item is in the category “Pottery & Glass\Cookware, Dinnerware & Serveware\Plates”. The seller is “ladyindecadence” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Production Technique: Pottery
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
- Object Type: Luncheon Plate
- Style: Victorian
- Custom Bundle: No
- Item Width: 8 7/8 Inch
- Material: Ceramic
- Pattern: 18008
- Plate Diameter: 8 7/8 Inch
- Type: Collector Plate
- Antique: No
- Color: Blue
- Vintage: Yes
- Origin: Staffordshire
- Brand: George Jones
- Production Style: Art Pottery
- Time Period Manufactured: 1920-1929
- Era: Early 20th Century (1911-1940)
- Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
- Age: 1920 – 1929
- Importer / Retailer: Bailey Banks & Biddle