Maker: Meir  Pattern: Crown Acorn and Oak Leaf Border Series

John Meir of Greengates Pottery, Tunstall. This is a popular series of views and on this platter is Gorhambury, which is near St Albans in Hertfordshire. Gorhambury House was built in the Palladian style in 1777-84, to replace an earlier Elizabethan house, which was left to decay nearby. In 1652 the estate had come into the Grimston family and Gorhambury is today the home of John Duncan Grimston, 7th Earl of Verulam and his family.
Typical blue printed backstamp of crown over panel containing Gorhambury, Hertfordshire, all framed by laurel boughs. Impressed 16.
Some utensil marks to face, small restored rim chip at 8 o'clock and a sliver of glaze lost behind the top rim. The glaze is sound, so a bright and clean example.

Dimensions: 43 x 33.5 cm / 17 x 13.25 ins