The dinner plate in Ridgway's "Oriental'" here executed in brown transfer, features a...
The dinner plate in Ridgway's "Oriental'" here executed in brown transfer, features a lush Mediterranean seaside garden. In the center scene, two lady tourists accompanied by a man following on a camel set about exploring a landscape studded with lush palm trees and other vegetation as well as exotic pavilions, all set against a distant mountainous backdrop.
William Ridgway uses alternating reserves of exotic middle eastern scenery and floral bouquets on a ground laced with fine, flowering vines for the border of his "Oriental" pattern. The pieces in this pattern all share gently scalloped shapes and a medium weight ironstone-type body.