Ridgways Coaching Days Taking on the Mails 8" Plate England Antique c1890

Antique Ridgways English pottery plate from the “Scenes from Coaching Days & Coaching Ways” series, featuring the equestrian scene “Taking on the Mails” after R. Broadbent. The detailed black transfer decoration depicts a mounted rider accompanying a heavily laden packhorse through the English countryside. A warm amber-brown ground and platinum-luster rim give the plate the distinctive appearance associated with this early Ridgways series.

Good antique condition with surface wear, light scratches and age-related wear to the platinum-luster rim. There are small glaze and surface marks consistent with age and use. No chips, cracks or repairs noted.

- Manufacturer: Ridgways
- Pattern: Coaching Days / Coaching Ways
- Pattern Code: RIDCODPT
- Series: Scenes from Coaching Days & Coaching Ways
- Scene: Taking on the Mails
- Artist/Illustrator: R. Broadbent
- Form: Collector / Side Plate
- Decoration: Black transferware equestrian scene
- Subject: Rider and packhorse / English coaching life
- Color: Amber, brown and black
- Trim: Platinum luster
- Design Style: Late Victorian / Edwardian
- Material: Glazed English pottery
- Date: Circa 1890
- Diameter: 8"
- Weight: 9 oz
- Country of Manufacture: England
- Backstamp: Scenes from Coaching Days & Coaching Ways
- Publisher Reference: By Special Permission of Macmillan & Co. Ltd.
- Pattern Status: Discontinued
- Antique: More than 100 years old
- SKU: 9774.1

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