Antique Burgess & Leigh Dinner Plates
These beautiful gilt edged dinner plates are in amazing condition for their age. Produced in the early 1900s by Burgess & Leigh, they have the makers stamp with “Middleport Pottery” and also “May” which is the name of the delicate flower pattern.
There are a little wear to the gilding in places and slight crazing but all to be expected and nothing to detract from the beauty. A very special pair of plates by one of my favourite makers and certainly ones to treasure.
Price is for ONE plate
Specifics : 10inch / 25cm dinner plates. Early 1900s. Excellent antique condition.
Here is some history taken from the “Burleigh” website which tells you a little more about the makers and The Middleport Pottery.
Burgess and Leigh
In 1851, Messrs Hulme and Booth started an earthenware business in the central pottery in Burslem, Stoke-On-Trent. This pottery produced earthenware until 1862 when Mr William Leigh and Mr Frederick Rathbone Burgess formed a partnership and took over the running of the central pottery.
The Middleport Pottery
The business moved to Middleport Pottery by the Trent and Mersey Canal in 1889, where you will find us today. Following the deaths of William Leigh and Frederick Rathbone Burgess, the business continued with the support of their sons, Edmund Leigh and Richard Burgess. The Leigh family took sole control of the business in 1912 when Richard Burgess passed away.
These beautiful gilt edged dinner plates are in amazing condition for their age. Produced in the early 1900s by Burgess & Leigh, they have the makers stamp with “Middleport Pottery” and also “May” which is the name of the delicate flower pattern.
There are a little wear to the gilding in places and slight crazing but all to be expected and nothing to detract from the beauty. A very special pair of plates by one of my favourite makers and certainly ones to treasure.
Price is for ONE plate
Specifics : 10inch / 25cm dinner plates. Early 1900s. Excellent antique condition.
Here is some history taken from the “Burleigh” website which tells you a little more about the makers and The Middleport Pottery.
Burgess and Leigh
In 1851, Messrs Hulme and Booth started an earthenware business in the central pottery in Burslem, Stoke-On-Trent. This pottery produced earthenware until 1862 when Mr William Leigh and Mr Frederick Rathbone Burgess formed a partnership and took over the running of the central pottery.
The Middleport Pottery
The business moved to Middleport Pottery by the Trent and Mersey Canal in 1889, where you will find us today. Following the deaths of William Leigh and Frederick Rathbone Burgess, the business continued with the support of their sons, Edmund Leigh and Richard Burgess. The Leigh family took sole control of the business in 1912 when Richard Burgess passed away.
These beautiful gilt edged dinner plates are in amazing condition for their age. Produced in the early 1900s by Burgess & Leigh, they have the makers stamp with “Middleport Pottery” and also “May” which is the name of the delicate flower pattern.
There are a little wear to the gilding in places and slight crazing but all to be expected and nothing to detract from the beauty. A very special pair of plates by one of my favourite makers and certainly ones to treasure.
Price is for ONE plate
Specifics : 10inch / 25cm dinner plates. Early 1900s. Excellent antique condition.
Here is some history taken from the “Burleigh” website which tells you a little more about the makers and The Middleport Pottery.
Burgess and Leigh
In 1851, Messrs Hulme and Booth started an earthenware business in the central pottery in Burslem, Stoke-On-Trent. This pottery produced earthenware until 1862 when Mr William Leigh and Mr Frederick Rathbone Burgess formed a partnership and took over the running of the central pottery.
The Middleport Pottery
The business moved to Middleport Pottery by the Trent and Mersey Canal in 1889, where you will find us today. Following the deaths of William Leigh and Frederick Rathbone Burgess, the business continued with the support of their sons, Edmund Leigh and Richard Burgess. The Leigh family took sole control of the business in 1912 when Richard Burgess passed away.