This is a pretty pair of fine Foley China plates. The are sold as a pair. They have decorative borders. The plates were made in the 1930s by E. Brain & Co, Foley China. The pattern is called Silhouette. The Foley Mark on the base of each piece was used in the 1930s.
E. Brain & Co, Ltd were manufacturers of porcelain at the Foley Works at Fenton, Stoke-Upon-Trent from 1902 - 1963. The company specialist in bone china and breakfast wares of high quality and always with good design. Much high quality “hotel ware” china made in the eearly 20th century was specifically designed and produced for use by shipping lines on the great ocean liners.
Each plate has a dominant lemon yellow centre with a black and grey printed decorative band and this colour scheme is similar to that used on other Foley tablewares of this time. The grey printed image shows courting couples in black silhouette walking in a romantic woodland. Each cake plate is in good condition with no chips or cracks.
Dimensions: the plates are 9 1/4 inches wide and with a height of 9 inches.
They are priced at a very fair price and will cost £5.50 to post to you. If you overpay on any postage at the checkout - over payments will of course be refunded to you.