A rare pair of Mason's Patent Ironstone China Plates decorated over the glaze with painted butterflies, leaves and flowers in coloured enamels and gold, surrounded with a green rope twist border.
Impressed factory marks 'Mason's Patent Ironstone China'.
Circa 1813-25.
Dia:21.5cm
Reference: Godden's Gude to mason's China and The Ironstone wares, Plate 178, from The mason's Works Collection.