Transferware Database of Patterns and Sources
Pattern #1497
Pattern Name: Chinese Landscape
Center
Pattern
Border
Alternate Names: Plank Bridge, Riverside Pavilion
Category: Chinoiserie / Based on Chinese original
Border: Floral and Botanical / Floral Sprays
Additional Information:
This 9.5 inch plate has a molded pattern on the rim and down into the edge of the well. The
impressed mark "Mason's Cambrian Argil" is discussed on page 200 in Godden1984. The
impressed mark was used on printed earthenware patterns as early as the 1820s. Records
show that Mason purchased Cambrian clay in the 1819-21 period. The border has a trellis
pattern at the outer rim and three floral sprays as the main design. The center design is rather
open although it has quite a concentration of pattern elements on the left hand side. Godden
refers to the pattern as a Chinese Landscape on p. 26 in Ironstone1999 where a plate matching
this one fills an entire page as Colour Plate 12. It is dated c. 1825-35. This pattern is related to a
hand painted Chinese right-sided pattern with a trellis diaper border seen here. The name
'Plank Bridge' pattern came from a sale catalog at SamlesburyHall1987. The alternate name
shown here of Riverside Pavilion is discussed on p. 10 in FOB #130. It is illustrated on a round
tureen stand and has the same impressed mark as seen here. Earlier discussion of the pattern
is noted in Copeland1999, p. 165, where a saucer dish is illustrated. A worn copper plate is
shown on p. 88, fig. 27 on the back of a Spode pattern "Love Chase", giving the possibility that it
is also a Spode pattern. Tom Jones' article in FOB Bulletin #38, pp. 6-7 (Winter 1982-3) shows
a saucer dish he purchased in the pattern. He contacted Robert Copeland about the example in
his book and was able to compare engravings. Jones concluded that his dish had a different
engraving. He named the pattern Riverside Pavilion. In the meantime, Robert Copeland was
given a cup and saucer with the pattern on a known Mason shape. The latest news of interest is
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that a Spode (New Stone) marked plate has been found. It is documented on p. 723 of the
"Spode Society Review", May 2005.
Body Type: Earthenware
Print Process: Underglaze Tissue Printed
Color: Blue
Maker:
Charles James Mason & Co.
1826–1845
Lane Delph
Staffordshire
References:
Spode's Willow Pattern and Other Designs After the Chinese
Copeland, Robert
London, Studio Vista, 1980, 1990, 1999
FOB Bulletins
England, Friends of Blue, 1973Godden's Guide to Mason's China and the Ironstone Wares.
Godden, Geoffrey A.
Woodbridge, Suffolk, Baron Publishing, 1984
Godden's Guide to Ironstone, Stone and Granite Wares
Godden, Geoffrey A.
Woodbridge, Suffolk, Antique Collector's Club, Inc., 1999
Samlesbury Hall Anniversary Exhibition and Sale of Mason’s Patent Ironstone China
Preston, U.K., Samlesbury Hall, 17th January 1987, 8th February 1987
The Spode Society Recorder & Review
Stoke-on-Trent, The Spode Society, 1986
Maker's Mark:
TEXT-Impressed
Ceramic Sources:
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