Antique W H Grindley Melbourne Flow Blue and White China 9-7/8th-inch Soup Plate

Antique W H Grindley and Co Ltd Melbourne pattern flow blue and gilt 9-7/8th-inch rimmed soup bowl or soup plate

• 9-7/8th-inch diameter scallop rimmed English soup plate 1.5-inches tall at the outer rim
  
• 1890 Grindley china marks
• Melbourne pattern with hand applied gilt detailing
• Flow Blue and white transfer pattern with moulded detailing around the rim
  
• Ironstone Staffordshire china.
• The glaze is in superb antique cabinet condition
  
• Melbourne flow blue in increasingly rare and one of the most beautiful of the late 19th Century Flow Blue designs.
• What makes this china exceptional is its near mint condition.
• Grindley Melbourne mixes very well with Grindley Florida and Celtic designs from the same era.