Very traditional 1930's period design (in contrast to Art Deco which was also being produced around this time)
This design is for the "conversatives" nice subdued artwork with a "classy" appearance
DLAT RATING (Darling, look at this!) 9/10
ALFRED MEAKIN SOUP BOWL
1930's ~ 1940's
Opaque chinaware (you cannot see through the clay)
Cream base colouring overall
Pink rose like flowers (with foliage in green, grey and yellow) in three areas INSIDE the bowl, two artwork's being the dominant and the other is much smaller.
All artwork decoration is hand painted (very skilled work)
Gold gilding to the outer rim - this gilding is heavily applied and "feathered" at the edges. We are advertising the whole dinner set as separate pieces but when stacked all together, they look absolutely stunning with all the gold gilding.
The backstamp (Green flowing writing) is:
Alfred Meakin
England
Artist ID marks on the base of the saucer, these were used to identify who contributed to the production of each piece from the factory - the workers were paid on a "per piece completed" basis, not by the hour!
COSMETIC CONDITION:
As I have multiple soup bowls, each has been carefully checked and the description below applies to ALL of the soup bowls on offer
NO damage to the artwork
NO cracks
NO discolouration or significant spotting
ALL plates exhibit low level crazing at the inside base of the bowl and the outside underneath - both areas where hot liquid (soup) would have been many times. This was obvious with a "wet test" - if you wet a piece of chinaware with water and look at the finish after a few minutes, if there is crazing (cracked glazing) it will become very obvious. All of these bowls have low level crazing. This means that when dry, they look fine inside the bowl but once subjected to a "wet test" you can see the glazing has cracked (light lines will show), but once dried those lines "disappear".
Gold gilding is excellent on all soup bowls with very little (if any) wear to the gilding on all plates.
SPECIAL NOTE: One soup bowl has a small, light grey/purplish coloured "mark" - this may be a fault by the artist who decorated the bowl or something that has occurred later. To me it looks like the former, like a light, short dash of paint although the colour is not part of the rest of the decoration.
