Hi everyone, welcome to an update that was sitting in my ‘drafts’ for a way too long.
I shared a vintage sample plate I owned with the hotels in Southern Africa on it. This was made in the Potteries of Stoke on Trent as a commercial / hospitality sample, to be taken around the various establishments by a salesman so orders could be taken by hotels etc for their crockery. It was known as hospitality ware.
The wares from our Potteries were highly desirable & were shipped all over the world.
Many of the places on the JE Heath plate were known to me personally & that was my interest in the plate. Soon after I blogged it, I was contacted by the Pottery Museum in Stoke to ask if they might acquire it for the exhibition & I had no hesitation in donating it to them as it showed the reach of the Staffordshire Potteries during the 19th & 20th centuries.
The curator kindly followed up with a picture of the plate in the exhibition - it is quite a thrill to know the plate was where it should be. The plate I donated can be seen in this image from their website on hospitality ware
Some examples of modern hospitality ware still made in Stoke on Trent
As per a request, these are some of the hospitality Southern African stamps on the plate I donated (photos taken before I sent it off)
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