Retro Vintage 1970’s Wood & Sons Alpine Ironstone Set Of 12 Plates (6 Dinner Plates & 6 Side Plates – Sherwood Pattern Porcelain & Ceramics Age related crazing exists on

Age related crazing exists on the bowls and one of the yellow bowls has been glued due to a broken rim (please see picture)

The servers are in good used condition

Sides: 34 cm x 34 cm

Sugar bowl height of rim: 4

Besides this the jug also has lots of areas of plate loss which is revealing some of the copper underneath

Retro Vintage 1970’s Wood & Sons Alpine Ironstone Set Of 12 Plates (6 Dinner Plates & 6 Side Plates – Sherwood Pattern Porcelain & Ceramics Age related crazing exists onThe firm was established in 1865 by Absalom Wood and his son Thomas Francis Wood. In 1921 Harry F Wood took over from his father Thomas and the firm became successful. In 1954 the firm became an Ltd. under the name Wood & Sons. During the 1970s the firm fought two unsuccessful takeover bids, one by Barrets in 1975 and the other by Staffordshire Pottery in 1979. The takeover bids weakened the firm financially and in 1981 the bank took control of the