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A collection of ceramic tableware and vintage kitchen utensils. The lot includes a stack of six earthenware plates featuring a transfer-printed concentric ring and radiating line pattern in blue and green, accompanied by a matching white-glazed ramekin. A selection of brown-glazed oven-to-table stoneware comprises a handled soup bowl, a mixing bowl, two condiment pots, and a ribbed ramekin, all featuring a cream-coloured drip glaze to the rims. Also included is a ceramic spoon rest decorated with a Kingfisher and bulrush transfer print. The kitchenalia section features an industrial-style aluminium canister marked with the vertically embossed word FAT, and two smaller shakers embossed SALT and PEPPER. A pair of pedestal salt and pepper shakers are turned from white and grey veined marble. The cutlery assortment includes knives with cream-coloured handles and a stainless steel cake server. This server is etched with a mark reading TRAFALGAR, HARRISON BROTHERS & HOWSON, OF SHEFFIELD, STAINLESS.
Condition report:
The collection is in used, vintage condition. The aluminium canisters show surface scuffing and oxidation throughout (photo 1). The cream-coloured cutlery handles exhibit characteristic yellowing and surface wear (photo 2). The stoneware items show manufacturing irregularities in the drip glaze typical of the style, but no visible cracks are present in the overview (photo 1). The wooden-handled kitchen knives show significant wear to the finish (photo 2). No major chips or cracks are visible on the patterned plates (photo 1).
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