Antique Victorian White Ironstone Cheese Dome and Stand in Wheat and Lattice, 1875

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An antique Victorian white ironstone cheese dome and stand, made in Staffordshire, England, and attributed to Ridgway, Sparks & Ridgway, … Read more An antique Victorian white ironstone cheese dome and stand, made in Staffordshire, England, and attributed to Ridgway, Sparks & Ridgway, circa 1875.

The cylindrical dome is relief-moulded with a trellis lattice ground overlaid with sheaves and ears of ripe wheat, bound with twisted straw. The domed top is moulded with a band of stylised foliage and rises to a shaped bud finial. The matching circular stand repeats the wheat and lattice moulding around its broad rim, with a recessed well to seat the dome. The undecorated white glaze allows the crisp relief moulding to carry the whole design.

Large covered cheese domes of this type were a fixture of the Victorian dining room, made to hold and present a whole truckle of Stilton or Cheddar at table. The wheat and lattice motif was among the most popular of the moulded white ironstone patterns of the period, drawing on harvest imagery associated with plenty and hospitality.

Dimensions: height 30 cm; diameter 31 cm; weight 3979 g. Condition: lightly soiled and would benefit from cleaning. There is a very small chip to the rim of the stand, and a fine hairline running around the interior of the stand, visible in the photographs; this hairline is surface only and does not extend into the body. No other damage, cracks or repainting. Examined under UV light. Please study the accompanying photographs carefully as they form an integral part See less