- Edge, Malkin & Co.
- Mysore, c. 1871-1890
- Earthenware
- 8 x 8 in (20.32 x 20.32 cm)
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Not For Sale
Plate, 8 inches diameter. Blue transfer. Printed maker's mark for Edge, Malkin & Co. Mysore is probably a reference to the second largest city in Karnataka, India. This pattern features a small village in the background nestled at the edge of a lake on which a boat sails with two boys fishing. There is a cartouche with a water bird, many flowers and foliage flowing around the edges, and a strange geometric branch floating down from the top on which a bird is sitting. All this with many geometric and floral cartouches at the base of the plate.
The partners of Edge, Malkin & Co. were Joseph Edge, William Millett Edge, John Wilcox Edge, and James Malkin. In 1892 John Wilcox Edge retired from the business. In 1893 James Malkin retired and William Spencer Millett Edge joined the business. In 1894 Sydney Malkin left the partnership and the business was continued by the Edge family alone - the name Edge, Malkin & Co was continued. By 1902 the business was bankrupt and went into voluntary liquidation. S. Webster Dean (who was the chairman of Edge, Malkin & Co.) continued the business until 1910.
- Subject Matter: Aesthetic (Cartouche)
- Collections: Aesthetic Transferware, Edge, Malkin & Co.