HISTORY:
More chinaware bits & pieces which my wife has handed me to “look after” (find new homes for) … originally part of a complete teaset trio but at this stage I have only been given the side plate to advertise.
Adderley began operations in the early 20th Century, was then acquired by the Lawley Group in the late 1940’s becoming a business that worked in conjunction alongside Ridgways (also part of the Lawley Group) which was later followed by inclusion into the Royal Doulton group which eventually resulted in the Adderley “name” no longer being used after the early 1970’s
ADDERLEY – Side Plate
Circa 1960’s +
This Adderley mark looks to be from around the 1960’s, reminds me a lot of the Ridgway backstamps of the period.
Close examination of the decorative work reveals solid colours but some “dot artwork”, but I tend towards this being decorated using transfer technology and there is no distinctive ‘artist’s marking’
This chinaware is translucent, meaning that if held to a light source you can see the shadow of your fingers through the china.
Pattern: The name of this pattern is not indicated, nor is there a code but my wife always called these the Violets, for obvious reasons.
Design: One dominant, visually striking piece of artwork, Violets with foliage and lots of them! Across on the other side of the plate are just single Violet flowers. I also noticed the sides of the side plate are not smooth but patterned, looking very much like something from Shelley.
Gold gilding has been heavily applied to the scalloped edge rim to finish the side plate.
BACKSTAMP:
Here is a photograph of the backstamp taken from this side plate

DIMENSIONS:
156mm diameter
COSMETIC CONDITION:
NO damage to the artwork
NO chips
NO crazing was observed (wet or dry)
NO significant knife scratch marks to the central area
NO fleabites at all
Gold gilding is in very good condition and shows practically no signs of handling wear