Johnson Bros Friendly Village Ironstone Singles 1950s England Transferware

  

The village table, piece by piece - Johnson Bros "Friendly Village, " the brown transferware England fell in love with in 1953, listed BY THE PIECE so you can replace one plate or build the whole village. Forty-five pieces of 1950s Johnson Bros ironstone in the "Friendly Village" pattern, made in Stoke-on-Trent, England: brown transfer scenes of village life - red-roofed barns and cottages, green fields and trees, blue ponds and streams - hand-coloured over the transfer and sealed under the glaze, so the colours are permanent and acid-resisting, exactly as the backstamp promises. Scenes include The Stone Wall and The Lily Pond / The Old Mill. This listing is priced BY THE PIECE: choose a Dinner Plate, Dessert Plate, Bread & Butter Plate, Tea Saucer, Teacup, Cereal/Fruit Bowl, Oval Serving Platter, Covered Bowl, Open Vegetable Bowl, Teapot with Lid, Gravy Boat with its underplate, Sugar Bowl, or Mug in the variation menu.

The backstamp photo shows the maker's mark exactly as it appears on the ware. Maker: Johnson Bros (Johnson Brothers), Stoke-on-Trent, England. Pattern: Friendly Village (introduced 1953). Backstamp (verbatim): "THE STONE WALL - THE FRIENDLY VILLAGE - MADE IN ENGLAND By Johnson Bros - ALL DECORATION UNDER THE GLAZE - PERMANENT & ACID RESISTING COLORS - PAT PEND". Dinner plate: 10 5/8 in (27 cm) diameter - 8 available.

Dessert plate: 7 3/4 in diameter - 6 available. Bread & butter plate: 6 1/4 in diameter - 7 available.

Tea saucer: 5 3/4 in diameter - 6 available. Teacup: 3.5 in diameter × 2.5 in tall - 8 available. Cereal/fruit bowl: 6 1/4 in diameter - 1 available. Oval serving platter: 15 × 11.5 in - 1 available.

Covered bowl: 8.5 in diameter - 1 available (see condition note). Open vegetable bowl: 8.5 in - 1 available. Teapot with lid: 10 in spout to handle - 1 available.

Gravy boat with underplate: boat 8 in long, underplate 7.5 in - 1 available. Sugar bowl: two-handled, 4 in tall - 1 available. Mug: 3.5 in tall - 3 available.

Condition: Excellent vintage condition overall - no chips, cracks or repairs, colours bright - with two honest notes: (1) some bowls show light crazing (the fine crackle in the glaze that comes with age on ironstone), disclosed here and priced in; (2) the COVERED BOWL's lid has a tiny flea chip on its BACK EDGE - not visible from the front - and the bowl itself is perfect; that is disclosed here and in the Covered Bowl variation so it is never a surprise. History: Johnson Brothers was founded in Stoke-on-Trent in 1883 by the four Johnson brothers and grew into one of the great Staffordshire tableware houses. "Friendly Village" arrived in 1953 and became one of the firm's best-loved patterns: a whole English village in brown transfer - the stone wall, the lily pond, the old mill, the village inn - each scene hand-coloured in russet reds, greens and blues over the printed outline. What you see in the original photos is the exact ware you will receive - the original photos show the pieces themselves, the styled photos show them in use. NOTE: SOME PICTURES OR VIDEOS ARE AI CREATED TO SHOW USAGE OF PRODUCT AND MAY NOT SHOW ACTUAL SIZE AND CONDITION OF PRODUCT.