Antique Samuel Alcock Botanical Dessert Plate Set with Aqua Border

Offered is a rare charming antique botanical English china set featuring 4 dessert plates with a soft aqua border and a hand-painted floral center.
The china set is completed with a matching serving dish.
Though unmarked, this set is attributed to
Samuel Alcock who manufactured pottery and porcelain from 1822 to 1859.
The design is finished off with a scalloped edge. The quality of the craftsmanship is prominent.

HISTORY:

The Alcock bone china body is of good quality, well potted and very richly decorated.
In 1833 the factory employed more than 400 people and their 20 Kilns equaled those in use by Minton.
Most of their porcelains between 1830 and 1840 are unmarked.
This is why the firm is so little known and often mistaken for Rockingham or Coalport.
The quality is there --but not the maker's mark. There is a pattern number.
These numbers quickly increased, and a fractional pattern number was introduced, i.e. 1/1234. This numbering system is shown
on these plates.

MEASUREMENTS:
There are 4 dessert plates measuring 9 inches in this listing.
Also, a matching serving dish measuring 9 X 11 1/2 inches.

CONDITION:
No chips, crazing or discoloration.
The condition is great with the exception of one plate showing a hairline crack. on the bottom that does show through to the top of the plate.
The price will reflect this defect.

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