Highly Collectable Picture ware Set Of 4 Soup Bowls – J&G Meakin “Olde Avon Dale” Decor which has the precise qualities

which has the precise qualities of marble

The original painting from which this embroidery was made is officially titled – “Young Girl Reading” or “The Reader” and is an 18th century oil painting by French artist Jean-Honore Fragonard

Square plinth: 10 cm x 9 cm

Height of rim: 10 cm (at the longitudinal ends)

Highly Collectable Picture ware Set Of 4 Soup Bowls – J&G Meakin “Olde Avon Dale” Decor which has the precise qualitiesThe story of J&G Meakin starts well before the brothers opened their pottery in 1851, their father James Snr born in 1807 died 1852 started potting some years earlier in Longton before moving to Cannon St Hanley in 1850. In 1851 he was due to ill health succeeded by his two sons James and George who formed what was to be a long and successful partnership we now know as J & G Meakin Pty Ltd. The brothers stayed only one year at Cannon St before moving