Antique Ashworth Bros Ironstone Plate Hizen Pattern 19th c Aesthetic Era Polychrome vintage shirts men wide at the padded shoulders

wide at the padded shoulders and tailored at the waist

It is fully lined in white acetate and does up the back with a nylon zipper

rarely seen - pretty pattern

The dress was photographed without a crinoline - the use of a crinoline would create a fuller “circle skirt” look

Fabric:  Heavy gold silk base fabric with metallic gold detail with raised designs in colours of peach and silver grey

Antique Ashworth Bros Ironstone Plate Hizen Pattern 19th c Aesthetic Era Polychrome vintage shirts men wide at the padded shouldersThis is a lovely English Ironstone plate made by Ashworth Bros, sometimes during the second half of the 19th century. The plate is decorated in the polychrome Hizen pattern, an Aesthetic Movement era design. The Aesthetic movement was highly influenced by Japanese art and design one can see the Japanese influence on the decoration of this plate. The marking on the underside of the plate was used after 1862 and before 1891. The plate measures 10 1 4 in