CKB Ltd Emporium & Collectables has dated this Blue White Ironstone Basin to the 1920s.
A particularly impressive example measuring approximately 32.5 cm (12¾ inches) in diameter and weighing over 1.5 kg.

The basin is extensively decorated in underglaze blue transfer printing with a wonderfully detailed Chinese-inspired Chinoiserie landscape to the centre, depicting traditional buildings, bridge, figures, trees and waterside scenery.
The combination produces the highly decorative blue-and-white appearance for which English Staffordshire ironstone was celebrated.

The underside bears the blue printed MASON’S / Crown / IRONSTONE CHINA / ENGLAND factory backstamp.
The transfer decoration displays the small variations in registration, tone and joins associated with the traditional transfer-printing process, particularly where the printed sections meet around the deeply curved body. These are manufacturing characteristics rather than later damage and add considerably to the character of the piece.

A substantial and highly decorative piece of antique English ironstone which displays extremely well and would make an excellent large centrepiece, decorative bowl or addition to a collection of Mason’s Ironstone and English blue-and-white ceramics.

Maker: Mason’s Ironstone China
Origin: Staffordshire, England
Date: Circa 1920
Material: Ironstone
Decoration: Underglaze blue transfer print / Chinoiserie
Dimensions:
Diameter: 32.5 cm / 12¾ inches
Height: 11 cm / 4⅓ inches

Weight: 1,527 g
Valued At c.£195 Priced for quick sale
Condition: Very good antique condition overall, with minor age-related surface wear and small firing, glaze and transfer-printing imperfections consistent with manufacture and age. Please refer to the photographs, which form part of the condition description.
CKB Ltd Emporium & Collectables has dated this Blue White Ironstone Basin to the 1920s.
Fine chinese & asian antiques, bronzes, jade, buddhist art & collectables
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