with knife and fork » china http://withknifeandfork.com a blog mostly about food Mon, 25 May 2015 16:04:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 Bowl and ewer http://withknifeandfork.com/bowl-and-ewer http://withknifeandfork.com/bowl-and-ewer#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:42:00 +0000 http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/bowl-and-ewer This is one of the ace bargains I got when I went to an auction last year with chum Lynne @josordoni (she’s a bit of an auction expert)

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It lives on the dressing table in the guest room

I just investigated the mark on the bottom and it seems its Bishop and Stonier, the pattern is Shirley Poppies. I haven’t any proper idea of its age other that 1891-1933 being when the firm was called Bishop and Stonier rather than other variants.

 

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