Rare Antique Victorian (Circa 1888) Registered Design “Wiiliam Gladstone” Plate

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Rare Antique Victorian (circa 1888) Registered Design “Wiiliam Gladstone” Porcelain Wall Plate (10”/26cm, 700g).


Marvellous rate old plate. The registered design number 41050 on the back of this plate dates it back to the Victorian period. Over 130 years old and in superb condition. This is not a memoriam plate as many think (Gladstone passed away in 1898). This plate was produced about 10 years earlier in 1888, whilst William Gladstone was still alive, as part of a series which celebrated the achievements of many Victorian figures. The octagonal shaped series was made by Wallis Gimson & Co and this example is marked. Many are not!


Please browse all 12 sets of photographs attached for size, weight and condition as they are self explanatory. Kindly note, this plate is well over 130 years old so condition is commensurate with age. I’d describe the condition as very good for its age. There are no major chip marks nor any notable crazing. If you are extremely particular then I’d advise there is a small non malignant hairline crack. Hardly noticeable from the front unless you look for it very closely, but all in all in very good order.


The beehive pottery mark on the back of this plate is that of Wallis Gimson & Co who were earthenware manufacturers at the Lane Delph Pottery, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, UK from 1882 to 1890. Gimson specialised in making ware in a series such as The World and Achivements of notable Victorians.


In February 1890 the patrership between Joseph Gimson the younger and Thomas Wallis Gimson was dissolved and Thomas W Gimson continued on his own account. At the time of bankruptcy of the business it was Thomas Wallis Gimson who was trading as Wallis Gimson & Co.


A printed mark of a beehive was used with the name Wallis Gimson & Co although they included the words 'TRADE MARK' it was probably not registered to them as the beehive mark was widely used by pottery manufacturers.


In the history of the United Kingdom, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. The era followed the Georgian period and preceded the Edwardian period, and its later half overlaps with the first part of the Belle Époque era of Continental Europe.


William Ewart Gladstone (29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four terms beginning in 1868 and ending in 1894. He also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer four times, serving over 12 years.


Gladstone was born in Rodney Street, Liverpool to Scottish parents. He first entered the House of Commons in 1832, beginning his political career as a High Tory, a grouping which became the Conservative Party under Robert Peel in 1834. Gladstone served as a minister in both of Peel's governments, and in 1846 joined the breakaway Peelite faction, which eventually merged into the new Liberal Party in 1859. He was chancellor under Lord Aberdeen (1852–1855), Lord Palmerston (1859–1865) and Lord Russell (1865–1866). Gladstone's own political doctrine—which emphasised equality of opportunity and opposition to trade protectionism—came to be known as Gladstonian liberalism. His popularity amongst the working-classearned him the sobriquet "The People's William".


In 1868, Gladstone became prime minister for the first time. Many reforms were passed during his first ministry, including the disestablishment of the Church of Ireland and the introduction of secret voting. After electoral defeat in 1874, Gladstone resigned as leader of the Liberal Party. From 1876 he began a comeback based on opposition to the Ottoman Empire's reaction to the Bulgarian April Uprising. His Midlothian Campaign of 1879–80 was an early example of many modern political campaigning techniques. After the 1880 general election, Gladstone formed his second ministry (1880–1885), which saw the passage of the Third Reform Act as well as crises in Egypt (culminating in the Fall of Khartoum) and Ireland, where his government passed repressive measures but also improved the legal rights of Irish tenant farmers.


Back in office in early 1886, Gladstone proposed home rule for Ireland but was defeated in the House of Commons. The resulting split in the Liberal Party helped keep them out of office—with one short break—for 20 years. Gladstone formed his last government in 1892, at the age of 82. The Government of Ireland Bill 1893 passed through the Commons but was defeated in the House of Lords in 1893, after which Irish Home Rule became a lesser part of his party's agenda. Gladstone left office in March 1894, aged 84, as both the oldest person to serve as Prime Minister and the only prime minister to have served four terms. He left Parliament in 1895and died three years later.


Gladstone was known affectionately by his supporters as "The People's William" or the "G.O.M." ("Grand Old Man", or, to political rivals "God's Only Mistake"). Historians often call him one of Britain's greatest leaders.

  • Condition: Used
  • Politician: William Gladstone
  • Type: Wall Plate
  • Party: Liberal
  • Year: 1903
  • Theme: Political
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Material: Porcelain
  • Topic: British Prime Minister
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
  • Country/Region: Europe
  • Modified Item: No

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