Grays Pottery Foxhunting Round Serving Platter, Stoke on Trent, England, Equestrian store Decor, Foxhunter, Horses, Horse Gifts

store - vintage, rare Gray's Pottery foxhunting large, round platter or serving plate
- made in Stoke-on-Trent, England
- features a hand painted image of a traditional hunting scene with the field leaping over a stream and hounds in full cry
- rare and unique piece
- minor signs of age in the copper lustre border
- not microwave or dishwasher safe
- no chips, cracks or repairs; there is crazing
- stamped on the bottom with the maker's mark, location of origin, and artist's number A8628T
- there is also a blue stamp which was placed over the maker's mark; difficult to discern all the details of this but the "BY" is very clear (see below for the significance of "BY")
- size: 12 1/2 inches in diameter

About "BY" on British Pottery

Pottery produced in England between 1945 and 1952 were impressed with "BY" as directed by the Wartime Concentration Scheme. During the Second World War production reduced to save materials, energy and labour. "BY" proved that the potteries were following the wartime guidelines.

About Gray's Pottery

Gray's Pottery was started by Albert Edward Gray (1871-1959) in Stoke-on-Trent, England in 1907. Hand-decorated patterns were the very essence of the majority of the thousands of designs produced during the firm's existence. He launched a production operation in Hanley in 1912. Gray's was a small pottery compared to its nearby competitors but its 1930s' slogan ‘The Pottery of Distinction' rang true. Their range was massive, all from a firm that manufactured for a mere 50 years, including the severely disruptive periods of two world wars. By the 1950s hand-painting, as practiced by the likes of Gray's Pottery, was rapidly disappearing. By 1962 a new back stamp was introduced and the name Gray's Pottery no longer existed.

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