HISTORY:
Another gorgeous example of classic 'leaf' Carlton Ware from England. Yes, this is another item with a 'story' behind it .... back in the 1930's Carlton Ware products began appearing on the market and were so popular at the time, some unscrupulous potteries began releasing copies of the original designs. Japan was the major culprit and Carlton Ware could do little to stop the copies until they "thought outside the box" and using a little known clause in the South East Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO) treaty, which prevented signatories from copying each others product designs, Japan was a signatory. Carlton Ware applied for many registered designs in Australia and marked their wares as "Designed in Australia" and the copying of Carlton Ware English products by Japan became illegal overnight - the trade in fake copied products stopped. Clever huh?
DLAT Rating: 9.5/10 (Darling Look At This!)
The colours have NOT been enhanced, this is no insipid Green Algae type of Green but instead is vivid and it grabs the eye and demands attention!
CARLTON WARE - Leaf Dish
Made in England (Stoke On Trent)
Small size (see below for details)
Design: Distinctive Vivid/Lime Green detailed leaf with one artwork area, representing wild roses.
Hand painted
Circa 1935 ~ 1960's - this dating is based on the backstamp which was used by Carlton Ware during this period. We suspect that around the 1950's is most likely the time period (post WWII), based on the glaze condition which remains stunning after 70+ years!
DIMENSIONS:
Shape: Leaf like, shallow trinket dish
130mm x 110m x 25mm deep
BACKSTAMP DETAILS:
Black print (under the glaze)
Carlton Ware
MADE IN ENGLAND
'TRADEMARK'
REGISTERED
AUSTRALIAN DESIGN
REGISTRATION APPLIED FOR
Artist marks are clearly visible to the left of the backstamp
COSMETIC CONDITION:
This is the critical section, we have seen many examples of Carlton Ware with one thing in common, crazing (cracks in the glazing due to age, environment etc) which most often results in areas of the china showing as having a Brown stain. This is not a great look!
We go to great pains in an attempt to preserve the condition of our chinaware, as best we can, and this dish is a good example of this ...
NO chips at all
NO fleabites
NO degradation of the colours, vivid and high gloss to the glaze.
This dish is not faultless however and although minor, we must bring your attention to these small issues ...
Normal dry and wet testing of the bowl showed NO OBSERVEABLE CRAZING TOPSIDE however I did notice some light crazing on the underside only. I also saw a very faint crack in the glaze on the underside but I cannot see any corresponding signs of this crack on the topside. No discolouration to the ceramic base material was observed (usually a Brownish colouring)
Lovely as it is, my wife wants to make more space for her other '1930's art china treasures' so this dish (and other Carltonware products) needs to find a owner who appreciates such things ...
