Rare 1940’s Alfred Meakin “Ballad” Side Plate Vanity Front to back: 19 cm

Front to back: 19 cm

After Max left

The founders – Edward Atkinson (1846-1904) and John Furniss Atkinson (1851-1914) – were the sons of William Atkinson (a draper) and his wife Caroline Frances Bacon

Alcock was called up to serve in the First World War

but the spoon is in good condition and beautiful

Rare 1940’s Alfred Meakin “Ballad” Side Plate Vanity Front to back: 19 cmThe item is an Alfred Meakin side plate in the Ballad pattern which is considered very rare. The side plate was manufactured in the 1940s and is in a magnificent sun yellow pastel glaze with the bottom being white. The Ballad pattern was released in white, cream and yellow in limited quantities before being discontinued. The item is stamped underneath Alfred Meakin England. The side plate has one chip underneath the rim, but not visible from the top..