Antique Thomas Rathbone The Font blue and white dinner plate
Superb Antique Thomas Rathbone Porcelain
Spode are usually given the credit for introducing this design in 1823, although at least five other makers also produced it and the original name seems to have been The Font or simply Font rather than Girl at Well, which is what is is generally called today.
Manufactured at the Midlothian Pottery Portobello near Edinburgh Scotland
Rich cobalt blue design with flower borders
10-inch diameter dinner plate with indent rim
In cabinet condition marked with pictorial The Font stamp attributed to rathbone
A rare and collected early blue and white dinner plate.
