A tour of Britain, painted in a single color.
These scalloped Johnson Brothers platters are from the Old Britain Castles pattern, which carries a scene of Cambridge in the center, with the name and year, "Cambridge 1792," printed at the base of the view. A Gothic chapel rises beside a stone bridge, boats drift along the river, and an old willow and a leaning tree frame the landscape with figures resting on the bank. A wide border of florals, scrolls, and lattice cartouches finishes the piece.
Old Britain Castles was introduced in 1930, and the original drawings are credited to a Miss Fennel, the daughter of a master engraver, who created them in 1928 from old book photographs and steel engravings.The pattern was rendered in 1928 by a Miss Fennel, the daughter of a master engraver, who drew from old book photographs and steel engravings. Each piece in the collection shows a different historic castle or great house set in an 18th-century landscape, with its name and year printed at the bottom, and the pattern grew over time to include dozens of scenes. It was produced for decades and is a perennial favorite of collectors and Anglophiles alike, a pattern that offers a sort of historical tour of the countryside from one plate to the next.
Johnson Brothers itself was started by four brothers, grandsons of the potter Alfred Meakin, and one brother moved to New York and helped introduce the pattern to America.
2 Available in Each color:
Blue — a deep, classic cobalt blue on ivory
Pink — a warm, rosy pink on ivory
Both are made in England and measure 12" x 11". Wonderful as a serving platter for breakfast, cakes, cheese, or sandwiches, and just as lovely propped on a plate stand or hung in a wall grouping.
Tucked inside every set, a little something for first time Tavola customers — a hand-finished vintage passport notebook. Start the record. Note the piece, the moment, the person you gave it to. One day this cup will sit in someone else's hands — and they'll know it came from yours.
A tour of Britain, painted in a single color.
These scalloped Johnson Brothers platters are from the Old Britain Castles pattern, which carries a scene of Cambridge in the center, with the name and year, "Cambridge 1792," printed at the base of the view. A Gothic chapel rises beside a stone bridge, boats drift along the river, and an old willow and a leaning tree frame the landscape with figures resting on the bank. A wide border of florals, scrolls, and lattice cartouches finishes the piece.
Old Britain Castles was introduced in 1930, and the original drawings are credited to a Miss Fennel, the daughter of a master engraver, who created them in 1928 from old book photographs and steel engravings.The pattern was rendered in 1928 by a Miss Fennel, the daughter of a master engraver, who drew from old book photographs and steel engravings. Each piece in the collection shows a different historic castle or great house set in an 18th-century landscape, with its name and year printed at the bottom, and the pattern grew over time to include dozens of scenes. It was produced for decades and is a perennial favorite of collectors and Anglophiles alike, a pattern that offers a sort of historical tour of the countryside from one plate to the next.
Johnson Brothers itself was started by four brothers, grandsons of the potter Alfred Meakin, and one brother moved to New York and helped introduce the pattern to America.
2 Available in Each color:
Blue — a deep, classic cobalt blue on ivory
Pink — a warm, rosy pink on ivory
Both are made in England and measure 12" x 11". Wonderful as a serving platter for breakfast, cakes, cheese, or sandwiches, and just as lovely propped on a plate stand or hung in a wall grouping.
Tucked inside every set, a little something for first time Tavola customers — a hand-finished vintage passport notebook. Start the record. Note the piece, the moment, the person you gave it to. One day this cup will sit in someone else's hands — and they'll know it came from yours.
