2691 Turin

Diameter: 227mm Tube-lining: Black Enamels & Lustres: Blue & brown lustre?. The pattern predates the surviving pattern books and consequently there is no reference source for the materials used. Glaze: Green (Padua) Design Date: 1933 Backstamp: AGR2 Year of Manufacture: 1935 Tube-liners Mark: RD-4 (Rose Dickenson) Paintress or Lustrers Marks: None Variation: Typical Condition: Body and tube-lining are excellent but the enamel and lustre are dull and faded. The suspicion is that the item has been cleaned with agressive detergents - in a dishwasher? and the the 1930s decorative materials have suffered. Additional observations: Despite the enamel and lustre damge the item is important in that only two other examples of the shape that still retain their flower frog are known The others are both in the 3274 Stitch pattern.