Caughley 'Cake' or 'Bread & Butter' Plate, Blue & White 'Pagoda' pattern, c1785

(p1121)

A charming Caughley 'bread and butter' or 'cake' plate, made at the famous Caughley factory c1785. This delightful plate is beautifully shaped. It has deeply moulded moulded sides and smooth curving bowl. It is beautifully decorated with the blue and white 'Pagoda' pattern with gilt embellishments.

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An important part of the eighteenth century tea equipage and tea ceremony, such plates were used to cake and bread and butter during tea. Only two such spoon plates would be in a complete teaset, so they are quite rare.

This very pretty plate is beautifully decorated over its entire surface with a blue and white print of an oriental landscape, which includes a large pagoda. There are islands with houses, rocks and trees. Between the islands sails a boat and there is a delightful oriental bridge crossing over the water. There are two figures to be seen crossing the bridge.

There is a richly decorated blue and white printed border running round the raised rim of the plate. The rim of the plate is gilded and there is a gilded border of semi-circles and dots around under the blue border decoration of the plate.

The underside of the plate is marked with a blue Caughley Salopian 'S' mark. This marks were used at the Caughley factory between 1775-90. This plate dates from c1785.

A rare and delightfully decorated 'cake' or 'bread and butter' plate. This pretty plate is decorated in blue and white with the 'pagoda' pattern. It was made at the famous Caughley factory, c1785

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Size and Weight: (values are approximate)

	8¼" (210mm) diameter of the plate
	2" (50mm) depth of the plate
	13½oz (385gms) weight of the plate

Marks:

The underside of the plate is marked with a blue Caughley Salopian 'S' mark. This mark was used at the Caughley factory between 1775-90. This plate dates from c1785.

Condition:

This rare and charmingly decorated 'Pagoda' pattern 'cake' or 'bread and butter' plate is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, repairs or restoration. The gilt decoration is also in good condition. On the foot rim of the plate on the inner face are a few little chips. These are not damage, but there from the time of manufacture as these are glazed over and thus insignificant.

It is certainly a very fine and delightful plate for the collector of Caughley porcelain. An important part of the eighteenth century tea equipage and tea ceremony.

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