Myott Chelsea Bird Plate Maroon Staffordshire England

Myott Chelsea Bird Plate Maroon Staffordshire EnglandA Myott earthenware plate in the Chelsea Bird pattern, here in a deep maroon colourway. The centre is hand coloured with an exotic long tailed bird among fruiting branches and roses, framed by gilt rococo scrollwork and four panels of patterned maroon at the rim, with smaller birds set into the border. Backstamped Myott, Staffordshire England, Chelsea Bird, and made in England. Myott Son & Co produced this pattern in Staffordshire from the 1930s.

Dimensions: 38 cm wide x 37 cm deep x 72 cm high

Some surface dust and minor dirt consistent with outdoor storage

The design is elevated by a streamlined

Pair it with the set of three pink lead lights we have available

The drawer pulls out to show the same damask lining

with two available

A leaded glass light shade in warm amber and swirled caramel slag glass

greens and ochre and bordered by a scrolling floral rim and gilt rope band

The original paper label is still in place on the underside

Marked EP A1 by SSP & Co Ltd (Sheffield Silver Plate & Cutlery Company)

rising above a hand-painted botanical motif on the lid top

Historical context: Pieces in this pattern were offered through the Army & Navy Stores for diplomatic and military establishments across the British Empire