Grindley Black Transferware Table

During a visit from Pat's daughter this last weekend, Jennifer offered to set the Table for One. She chose Grindley's "Scenes After Constable" black transferware and mixed it with silver, black Depression glass, and lace.

Flatware is our Mother's "King James" silverplate by Oneida

Jennifer layered a white lace place mat over a black one

She started with a simple silverplate charger

No accent plate here - Jennifer just wanted the dinner plate to be the center of attention

Glassware is "Monterey" by Cristal d'Arques

The black Depression glass is "Mt. Pleasant" by L.E. Smith Glass Company

The sugar and creamer holder is not "Mt. Pleasant" - I do not know the name of the pattern

Where it came from:
Black Place Mat - from Bed, Bath, and Beyond several years ago
Lace Place Mat - from Lentz Department Store (a really neat local store now out of business)
Silverplate Charger - from a local thrift store several years ago
Dinnerware - "Scenes After Constable" dinner plate by Grindley from Replacements.com
Flatware - "King James" by Oneida from our Mother
Glassware - "Monterey" by Cristal D'Arques from Ross years ago
Black Depression Glass - from our collection
Silver Candle Holder - from Pat's collection

We will be joining the following Blog parties this week:

"Dishing It! & Digging It!" at Rustic & Refined this Sunday:  http://www.rustic-refined.com/ 
"Tablescape Thursday" at Between Naps on the Porch:  http://betweennapsontheporch.net/ 

Tablescaping Conundrum:

Plate and mark on the left is from the Replacements plate, and the plate and mark on the right is from our original plate

As most people know, Pat and I collect lots of dinnerware. One pattern that we have been trying to get a complete set for eight is Grindley's "Scenes After Constable" in black. I was elated when I found four dinner plates in that pattern last month at Replacements. Naturally I bought them. When they came (in perfect condition I might add), they were not like the two that we already owned. [See the plate on the left hand side.] It was white ironstone compared to our original cream colored. Although the picture was of the same thing (Salisbury Cathedral), it actually was different. Even the rim of the plate was slightly different.

According to Kovels' New Dictionary of  Marks: Pottery & Porcelain 1850 to the Present by Ralph and Terry Kovel, the mark on the back of our original plates [see the mark on the right] was from 1954 to 1960. They did not have the mark on the left in the book - but I am pretty sure it is much newer. I know that manufacturing plate molds get old and must be replaced and cannot always match perfectly with the original, but it seems to me that there is a BIG difference between the two plates. I just think that it is curious.......