Antique Ashworth Bros Ironstone Plate Hizen Pattern 19th c Aesthetic Era Polychrome vintage shirts men Fabric: Heavy gold silk base

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

It is hand applied onto a buckram type mesh backing - it is quite impressive how much work went into this

but it is really barely noticeable

rarely seen - pretty pattern

wide at the padded shoulders and tailored at the waist

Antique Ashworth Bros Ironstone Plate Hizen Pattern 19th c Aesthetic Era Polychrome vintage shirts men Fabric: Heavy gold silk baseThis 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