Vintage 1930s Red Wheat Dinner Plates designed by J. Palin Thorley - Taylor Smith Taylor circa 1936 - Set of 6 eatons department store Marion Crawford

Marion Crawford

garden pots - the list could go on and on

Measures 10" inches (width) x 14"inches (length)

they introduced their Dura-Gloss technique

Vintage 1930s Red Wheat Dinner Plates designed by J. Palin Thorley - Taylor Smith Taylor circa 1936 - Set of 6 eatons department store Marion Crawford{HISTORY} Made by Taylor Smith & Taylor in 1936, this set of six salad plates features the artistically avant garde pattern known as Red Wheat. It was designed by acclaimed British American ceramic artist J. Palin Thorley (1892 1987) who worked as Art Director at Taylor Smith & Taylor in the 1930s. Designing both the plate shape known as Empire and the pattern known as Red Wheat, this is a lovely example of the streamlined modern aesthetic that was