Maker: Meir  Pattern: Fairy Villas

Made by John Meir of Greengates Pottery, Tunstall and not as often attributed in error, by Maddock or Maddock & Seddon. This is a delightful large dish with cover, decorated all over with the popular Fairy Villas design. The outside of the dish has scenic vignettes.
The dish has some light crazing to the glaze, with a little staining inside, and a minor chip under the footrim. The handle on the cover has been off and restuck, but well. On display it all looks fine and is a highly decorative piece.
Blue printed backstamp Fairy Villas cartouche with the initial M and Stone China.

Dimensions: 30.5 x 24 cm / 12 x 9.5 ins