An elegant statement platter, in the high Victorian style, with Moorish arches, a more demure sister of the version illustrated in the Art Journal of 1862 above, and currently offered in this gallery. The Art Journal was the only Arts publication at the time independent of the Royal Academy. The RA promoted only architecture, sculpture, engraving and painting, and did not consider the 'decorative arts' such as pottery, woodwork, silverwork etc to be Art.
This platter is stamped with the mark of the KERR & BINNS period, which dates it to c.1852-62.
References:
Vintage Breadboards by M. Neave (Prospect Books, 2019)
Also:
Homes and Gardens October 2009
The Antiques Trade Gazette 2016
Wandsworth Arts Fringe May 2017/18/19
Putney Library Exhibition May 2017
St Mary's Putney 'Parish' magazine 2017
TimeOut London 5 December 2017
The Daily Telegraph 24 December 2017
The Times 13 January 2018
Crumb by Richard Bertinet 2018
Open House London at The Art Workers' Guild September 2018
The Fortean Times September 2018
Country Life 6 February 2019
Antique Collecting February 2019
Woodworking Crafts Issue 46 2019
London Craft Week May 2019
Homes and Gardens June 2019
National Trust Heritage Open Days September 2019
Evening Standard 16 September 2019
Sheffield Telegraph and Star 31 October 2019
Wandsworth Artists Open House October 2019
The Spectator 22 February 2020