Rare 1940’s Alfred Meakin “Ballad” Side Plate Vanity The bowl has a hairline

The bowl has a hairline from the rim down almost to the bottom of the bowl (please see picture)

Manufactured by Mappin & Webb between 1922 and 1923 under their Prince’s Plate trade name

The founders – Edward Atkinson (1846-1904) and John Furniss Atkinson (1851-1914) – were the sons of William Atkinson (a draper) and his wife Caroline Frances Bacon

This item consist of three identical decorative silver metal coasters

Rare 1940’s Alfred Meakin “Ballad” Side Plate Vanity The bowl has a hairlineThe item is an Alfred Meakin side plate in the Ballad pattern which is considered very rare. The side plate was manufactured in the 1940s and is in a magnificent sun yellow pastel glaze with the bottom being white. The Ballad pattern was released in white, cream and yellow in limited quantities before being discontinued. The item is stamped underneath Alfred Meakin England. The side plate has one chip underneath the rim, but not visible from the top..