Chertsey 10.5" Fine Bone China Plate

6-Colour Screen Printed Plate, Chertsey

Part of the Thames Town series

A 10.5" Decorative Fine Bone China plate, illustrated by local artist Michael Oakes and produced in the Staffordshire Potteries by Edwardian China.

How are our plates produced?

Each plate design has been hand-drawn and put together using a colour separation process - this means that each of the six colours used in each plate (black, grey, red, blue, green and mustard) has its own design drawn separately onto plastic film, each with black ink, making it impossible to see the final result in full colour until the first plates are created. These films are used to create six silkscreen templates, which in turn are used to print the designs in the appropriate colours onto a sheet of wax. The image is transferred from this sheet in the firing process, resulting in the finished product.

Chertsey plate locations:

• St. Peter’s Church
• The iconic Chertsey Bridge
• Chertsey Museum
• Old Town Hall
• The Swan
• Manor Farm Cottages
• View along Guildford Street

Features a hand-gilded 2.4 karat gold rim and a short history of the featured landmarks on the rear, alongside additional black & white sketches of The George PH, 44-48 London Street/Sir William Perkins School, Abbeyfields (Freda Atkins Memorial Gardens), Herring Dove Cote, Chertsey Station and the Town Pump.