The Printing House and Sheldonian Theatre blue and white platter by Ridgway c1835

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£785

Dated: 1835 Staffordshire England

Fine blue and white pottery platter decorated with an underglaze print of THE PRINTING HOUSE AND THEATRE from the Oxford Views series produced by J and W Ridgway Pottery Staffordshire in the early 19th century. The back of the platter carries the Ridgway mark. The Printing House, now known as the  Clarendon Building,  the Sheldonian Theatre to the right, and next to it, the Ashmolean Museum, now the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford, the city of dreaming spires. ( In his poem ‘Thyrsis’ the Victorian poet Matthew Arnold called Oxford ‘the city of dreaming spires’ after the stunning architecture of the university and other buildings).

Dimensions: 14 inches high 18.5 inches long

Current Condition: Fine clean condition.

£785    $1059

Description

Fine blue and white pottery platter decorated with an underglaze print of THE PRINTING HOUSE AND THEATRE from the Oxford Views series produced by J and W Ridgway Pottery Staffordshire in the early 19th century.

The back of the platter carries the Ridgway mark.

The Printing House, now known as the  Clarendon Building,  the Sheldonian Theatre to the right, and next to it, the Ashmolean Museum, now the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford, the city of dreaming spires. ( In his poem ‘Thyrsis’ the Victorian poet Matthew Arnold called Oxford ‘the city of dreaming spires’ after the stunning architecture of the university and other buildings).

Additional information

Dimensions 18.5 × 14 in