Vintage Ridgway Heritage - genuine hand engravings taken from Bartletts Scenes of Early Canada 1842-Staffordshire England
Ridgway Heritage multicolor green Canadian Scenes transferware - 12" oval serving platter
This Heritage pattern display a lovely outer border of maple leaves, fruit, berries and wheat.
Pattern: Heritage -
Genuine Hand Engravings
from the Bartlett Scenes of Early Canada 1842
by
Ridgway of Staffordshire England
Est 1792
Heritage
In good vintage used condition.
Length: 12 1/8 inches
Width 9.75 inches
Weight: 706 grams
Ridgway's Heritage pattern merged Canadian history with colorful dinnerware. Manufactured during the 1960's, the pieces feature hand-applied colors over a dark green transfer. The Heritage pattern itself was adapted from a series of sketches and watercolors by William Bartlett, a young (at that time!) English artist. From June through November of 1838, Bartlett traveled through eastern Canada creating his artwork. This art was later engraved onto steel plates for mass printing. Images from Bartletts journey were published as "Canadian Scenery Illustrated", an 1842 collection featuring over one hundred of Bartlett's steel engravings.