Maker: Ridgway  Pattern: Parrot Border Series

This well known series is now usually attributed to John & William Ridgway of Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire, partly because a successor company Cauldon reproduced the series about 1900, seemingly from the original printing plates. The view is of a mausoleum completed in 1613 by Jahangir for his father the Emperor Akbar, who had died in 1605. It still stands today at the modern Sikandra, a suburb of Agra.
Typical blue printed rock and foliage cartouche backstamp with Gateway and Tomb at Secundra. Also an impressed 20.
Overall this platter is in excellent condition. In detail, the glaze is finely crazed, with a very small area of light staining or glaze blemishes, some utensil marks and a stress line from manufacture at the edge of the bowl. At 11 o'clock there has been a knock to the rim creating a short hairline along the edge of the rim, it does not run in and does not affect the face in anyway and there are a couple of other rubs to the rim. All this is only noticeable after close inspection and in reality this is a lovely, bright and clean example from this collected series.

Dimensions: 54 x 41.5 cm / 21.25 x 16.25 ins