WELCOME TO PURSERSLOCKER'S WEEKLY LISTINGS. I SELL A WIDE RANGE OF QUALITY OCEAN LINER AND 20TH CENTURY DECORATIVE ARTS, SOME ITEMS COME DIRECT FROM MY COLLECTION, WHILST OTHERS ARE RECENT DISCOVERIES AND ARE FRESH TO THE COLLECTORS MARKET. I REGULARLY TRAVEL AROUND THE COUNTRY AND TO THE US, SO IF THERE IS A SPECIFIC ITEM YOU ARE LOOKING FOR PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL. LIKEWISE IF YOU HAVE ITEMS THAT YOU FEEL I MAY BE INTERESTED IN PLEASE CONTACT ME, I DO PURCHASE SINGLE ITEMS TO WHOLE COLLECTIONS. I REGULARLY SELL ITEMS OF FURNITURE AND FIXTURES FROM THE GREAT OCEAN LINERS OF YESTERYEAR, INCLUDING OLYMPIC, MAURETANIA AND THE QUEENS SO PLEASE CHECK MY OTHER LISTINGS.

CRESTED LIVERPOOL, HIGH QUALITY IRONSTONE SOUP BOWL IN AN "IMARI" PATTERN, FEATURING THE CITY'S OFFICIAL CREST, VICTORIAN, C-1860.

I WOULD ASSUME THAT THIS WAS CREATED FOR AN OFFICIAL BUILDING WITHIN LIVERPOOL, LIKE THE HARBOUR OFFICE OR TOWN HALL, AT A TIME WHEN LIVERPOOL WAS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PORTS IN THE WORLD AT THE HEIGHT OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND THE FOREFRONT OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, SO IT DOES HAVE A DIRECT LINK TO THE GREAT SHIPPING COMPANIES THAT WERE STILL IN THEIR INFANCY SUCH AS THE WHITE STAR AND CUNARD LINES ETC.

BEAUTIFUL JAPANESE INSPIRED 'IMARI' PATTERN, DRIPPING IN HAND PAINTED REAL GOLD, ITS A STUNNING & BEAUTIFUL PLATE/BOWL, MUSEUM WORTHY.

SOME CONDITION ISSUES AS SHOWN, SEVERAL CHIPS (PICTURED) AND OVERAL WARE, BUT NOT BAD FOR SOMETHING OVER 150 YEARS OLD.

10.5" ACROSS.