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Vintage 1940s Wedgwood & Co Tudor Rose Blush Rose Dinner Plate Wartime Concentration Scheme
$48.00
Brand Etsy
This is a 1941-1942 Wedgwood & Co. dinner plate decorated in the Tudor Rose pattern on a Blush Rose coloured blank. I have seven of these for sale - price is per plate, and please read the condition description further below. This Tudor Rose on Blush Rose appears to be a rather rare combination as I couldnt find other examples anywhere on the internet. This was made during the dark days of WWII, around the time that Wedgwood & Co. was one of only a few potteries allowed to produce pottery under the Wartime Concentration Scheme, which was meant to free up workers to join the war effort. Under the Wartime Concentration Scheme potteries were only allowed to produce undecorated wares for domestic use but were allowed to produce a small amount of decorated pottery for export in order to earn foreign dollars. The Scheme was initiated in the fall of 1941 but fully in effect by the summer of 1942. Production of this Tudor Rose on Blush Rose pattern probably was cut short due to the restrictions, and because of them, exported to Canada. The transfer printed rose is signed within the print with G Baylis. Each plate is stamped on its underside with the Wedgwood & Co unicorn mark and most are impressed with a date code, some with 12 41 for December, 1941, some with 1 42 for January, 1942 and some not at all. Each plate measures 9 3/4 in diameter and is fairly heavy, weighing about 1 lb and 2 oz. All are in very good condition with no cracks or chips, but all have a small defect, either a bit of crazing or as most of them, a scratch or two through the rose design. The one pictured has a small glaze inclusion (see last close-up photo). Otherwise, these have been very well kept over the last 82 years and the scratches should be forgiven, given the scarcity of this pattern. This is a very pretty pattern, not to mention being rather unique - l would think that there are very few, if any, of these still around. Lovely colour and rose!