Lidded Dish, 11.5 x 8.25 inches. Printed maker's mark for J. Dimmock & Co. and registry diamond dates the registration of this pattern to 30 May 1879. This border pattern features wide bands of red overlaid with a cracked ice and prunus blossoms pattern in white. There is also a small oval medallion with the same pattern in the well of the dish. The rim of the dish body and the molded handle feature gilding. The pattern name "Cloissonnie" is most likely a misspelling of the word cloissonne, which is a type of decorative art in which enamel, glass, or gemstones are separated by strips of flattened wire placed edgeways on a metal backing. With that reference, it could be that the fine white lines are meant to represent the flattened wires and the red is the enamel.
Albion Works, Stafford Street - John Dimmock and Co. were large producers of earthenware of superior quality and finish. The old established firm of Thomas Dimmock & Co. held three manufactories: one in Hanley, adjoining the New Market house, formerly James Whitehead’s, afterwards J. and W. Handley’s; another on the upper end of Shelton, formerly of Edmund John Birch, afterwards of Christopher Whitehead; and an enameling and gilding establishment adjoining the King’s Head at Shelton. From c. 1878, this company was under the ownership of W. D. Cliff and his name occurred in most of the marks after this date.
