Vintage SolianWare from Simpson Potteries, England

Beautiful plate from Simpson Potters of England in their SolianWare line. This is patter SIMSIM15. Some crazing but no major chips, cracks, or lines. No repairs. Here is a history of the company: After a period of over two hundred years, during which it may be presumed the practice of the potters' craft continued as a family tradition (the ceramic art is noted for such continuity) the firm was established at Tunstall by S.J. Simpson in 1904 as the Soho Pottery, Ltd. The new company grew in size and importance, its repute and prestige being largely created by the quality of its 'Solian' and 'Ambassador' wares, so that the proprietors were obliged to take over an extensive factory at Cobridge in 1918.