These are the smallest side plates or large plate saucers designed by Scottie Wilson for Royal Worcester. They would look good with plate hangers - hanging on display on a wall. They are 6 1/4 inches in diameter.
Both are in good vintage condition. The strange pattern (featuring a pair of swans)is printed in black on the terracotta-coloured ground. They have no chips, cracks or crazing to the glaze.
The surface is free from cutlery marks.
I have taken a lot of images for your inspection so that you can assess the condition.
HISTORY: Robert ‘Scottie’ Wilson was born in Glasgow in 1890.
In the 1920s Scottie visited Canada and finally emigrated to Toronto in 1931. He started to draw during the 1930s and soon developed a very unique style of pen and ink drawing of dream-like creatures such as swans, birds, fish, trees and flowers.
In 1944 he returned to Britain settling in London. His work was exhibited in London and in Paris, and examples of his work are in the National Gallery of Scotland, the Tate Gallery and the Metropolitan Museum, New York.
In the early 1960s, Royal Worcester commissioned Wilson to design a tableware pattern. It was produced in two different colours, black printed onto terracotta and grey and black printed onto white glazed earthenware. The ‘Scottie Wilson’ pattern was based on the totem poles of the North American Indigenous People that the artist had studied during his visits to Canada. The pattern was unfortunately not a success in Britain probably being too expensive for its target audience. It was much admired in design circles. Production finished by 1965 and pieces are now getting very collectable.
The plates will be sent with Royal Mail Tracked. Where any excessive postage is charged to you - your overpayment will be promptly refunded to you.