Tag Archives: 15 inch

Pomona Trial Dishes

July 7, 2014 Lia

I came across several Pomona dishes that never made it to production. One is a small 11 inch oval plate with the Biggeraux Cherry and the Ingestrie Pippin :

It has a small greyish oval backstamp.
Regular plates have one motif, such as here the Red Currant:

A larger 15 inch platter has the Roman Apricot. Here it is the shape, or rather the rim of the dish that is unusual:

The backstamp clearly states it is a sample:

Another 15 inch platter has the regular shape, but it features four smaller motifs instead of one large one:

It has the Wilmots Early Red, the Hoary Morning Apple, the Imperatrice Plum and the White Dutch Currants.

This platter has no backstamp at all, on the rim are the letters NF. Slightly mysterious, this wonderful platter.

Birds of Britain

Birds of Britain Platters

June 22, 2014 Lia

Osprey Platter:

The platters and large dishes in the Birds of Britain range are spectacular. This is the Little Egret, here on a 13 inch platter:

The Pheasant, 13 inch, here seen together with a trial pheasant plate:

The Barnacle Goose, 13 inch round platter, pictured in Sea Kale:

The Wood Duck on the beach:

The oval Wood Duck platter comes in two sizes, 15 and 13 inch:

The 15 inch Mute Swan:

The Fieldfare on the seashore:

The Osprey:

There are many beautiful oven dishes, platters and tureens in the Birds of Britain range, the Mute Swan, the Pheasant, the Common Sandpiper and the tureen with the smaller birds:

The Common Sandpiper is depicted on an oval dish:

The same bird can be seen on this lasagna dish, only now it is called the Snipe:

One bird, the same picture, two different names:

The outdoor pictures were taken on the beach near our home.

Botanic Garden

Portmeirionlore: Oval Platters in Botanic Garden

June 7, 2014 Lia

In 1972 the original Botanic Garden range had six 13 inch oval plates and one 15 inch platter with the African Daisy:

The motifs on the 13 inch platters were the same as on the first 8 inch salad plates: Woody Nightshade, Water Melon, Red Pepper, Night Flowering Cactus, Dog Rose and Eastern Hyacinth.