Description: Alfred Meakin "Friendship of Salem" 11" Dinner Plate, Fair Winds Staffordshire. Condition is "Used". Shipped with USPS Priority Mail. Reverse Inscription: "FAIR WINDS Original copper Engraving defecting HISTORICAL SCENES OF CHINESE EXPORT TO AMERICA The Friendship of Salem Permanent COLORS Dishwasher and detergent safe ALFRED MEAKIN STAFFORDSHIRE ENGLAND". This is a brown transfer or transferware ironstone dinner plate in a pattern called Fair Winds made by Alfred Meakin, England in the 1950s. The plate is 10.5 inches in diameter and the design is a nautical one featuring the sailing ship Friendship Of Salem with surrounding border vignettes of U.S. Delaware Capturing Le Croyable, Canton Port 1830, New York Harbor 1830 and the American Eagle. The large dinnerplate measures 10.5 inches in diameter is in very good +++ condition with no chips or cracks and only very light signs of use. So very decorative. Alfred Meakin set up the pottery manufacturing company in 1875 - he died in 1904 and was succeeded by his son Alfred James who died only four years later. Alfred John's uncle Robert Johnson bought the company for his son Stuart Johnson and it stayed in the Johnson family's hands until 1976 when it became Myott-Meakin before becoming part of the Churchill Group. All photos are actual, except the first one, which is a catalog one.
Price: 3 USD
Location: Clifton, New Jersey
End Time: 2024-08-22T01:22:53.000Z
Shipping Cost: 2.25 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Origin: Staffordshire
Brand: Alfred Meakin China
Estimated Retail Value: $18.00
Main Color: Red Brown
Type: Dinner Plate
Occasion: Friendship
Size: 11 in.
Color: Red, Cream, Brown
Style: Victorian
Original/Reproduction: Vintage Original
Title: The Friendship of Salem
Material: Bone China
