Tag Archives: Trial

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.

Miscellaneous, Trials

Millennium Plates

July 3, 2014 Lia

Portmeirion produced the Millennium Collection in 1999 and 2000. Most items featured the new Portmeirion Rose, such as the dinner plate:

and a range of smaller plates, bowls and dishes:

Here is a 9 inch plate:

One Millennium plate comes from the Botanic Garden range and has the Garden Lilac:

There was a 13 inch platter, made exclusively for Debenhams, featuring the Lily Flowered Azalea, with the green Botanic Garden border. Mine is a trial, with a gold border:

Here is the backstamp:

Trials

Yellow Foxglove Mug

June 7, 2014 Lia

The Yellow Foxglove is an early motif that was depicted on 8 inch drum shaped tureen lids and on planters.

I only once saw it on a large mug, this is it:

The mug has the mustard coloured oval backstamp. I expect it is another trial. But a very nice one!

Trials

Botanic Garden Oval Plate

June 7, 2014 Lia

This is an oval plate with the Trailing Bindweed and some odds and ends that are not usually seen on regular Botanic Garden plates: The fern leaves look like the ones in The Compleat Angler, the small Forget-me-nots look like the ones in the Variations range.