Carlton Ware ‘Redcurrant’ plates
made in England 1935-1961
‘Redcurrant’ was also part of Carlton Ware’s Salad Ware series. The smaller, hand painted plate [yellow ground decorated with embossed red currants, brown ‘tree branch’ handle, stamped # 1637] was made in the thirties, whilst the larger, unpainted plate [except, curiously, the branch handle]- was produced during the war.
The whole range of Carlton Ware embossed floral plates is thus – if it is unpainted, it was produced during the war years. The Redcurrant series though was produced right up until the early 60s.
The two plates are in excellent condition, and are for sale: $AUD45
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We just inherited a whole collection of 30s Carlton Ware, but unfortunately the largest two pieces had huge chips out of them… 😦
wow- what an inheritance! do you have a photo? i’d love to see it all…
We have things packed away at the moment while we sort out the house (the set came to us after the death of a family member, so we had A LOT of things to sort through – I don’t think she ever thought about all the amazing things she owned). So no pictures yet…
oh, ok, sure. you have thousands of other things to do…but when you get a moment…
I will! 🙂