Queen Anne was a trade name used by Shore & Coggins and in later years, Ridgway Potteries (both in the same group of companies)
The inclusion of the text "A product of Ridgway Potteries Ltd" identifies this saucer from around the 1970's period
RIDGWAY POTTERIES (England) - Saucer ONLY
Trade name: Queen Anne
Fine Bone (translucent) China, meaning that if held to a strong light source you can see the shadow of your fingers through the china.
Saucer ONLY
Pattern: 8354 (we do not know if this pattern had a 'real life' name, we couldn't imagine the 'lady of the house' saying "could you pass me that 8354, dear?" while entertaining friends.
The base china is a bright White.
The design comprises a number of small White flowers, something like a primrose, with foliage. Around the upper section of the outer scalloped rim is Silver coloured scroll work and a distinctive but pale Green 8mm wide band around the saucer.
There is no artwork in the centre of the saucer
All artwork appears to be transferware ***
*** The 1950's ~ 1970's was an artist transitional period, slowly moving away from the much more expensive to produce hand decorations over to transferware but there was a time when SOME of the decoration was still undertaken by hand. This saucer looks to be in this category as the underside of the saucer does have some pale Green markings, indicative of an artist's mark, meaning that it is possible that ONLY the pale Green band was applied by an artist.
Gold gilding has been applied to the scalloped rim only, this appears to have been hand applied due to the 'uneven' application around the edges (not wear!) although there is no Gold gilder's mark on the underside of the saucer.
DIMENSIONS:
140mm diameter and 25mm high sides (not a 'deep' saucer)
BACKSTAMP DETAILS:
Black print
(Crown graphic)
BONE CHINA
B 76 O
Queen Anne
(Pink text with stylised use of the lettering Q & A)
MADE IN ENGLAND
A PRODUCT OF
RIDGWAY POTTERIES LTD
No Gold gilder's markings but there does appear to be an artist mark in pale Green (to the left of the backstamp and up a little)
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
CLEAN
NO cracks
NO fleabites
NO crazing
NO discolouration
NO artwork damage
Gold gilding is in very good condition all around the edges although if you look closely you can see that it has been applied unevenly, by a human no doubt!
