Featured Large round pottery "Finest English Cheeses" covered cheese dish w/ crown. when? who?

I got this on a tablelot that included a large Fortnum & Mason basket along with other items from England. It is 6 5/8" to the top of the handle on the lid, 7 1/2" across the top of the base & is 8 1/2" across the bottom of the base. There are no marks of any kind on the bottom.

I found a couple of similar ones, but I didn't see one with a crown. Would this have been used at any particular shop? When was it made / used?



Thanks for any & all advice or opinions!!

 

Peggy, that's really neat!

There's a dead-link one on Pinterest, originally from Ruby Lane, that's a little bit similar to yours, but I imagine it's newer:

The little bit of description says only:
This ironstone Cheese display advertising stand dates to early - mid 20th century. Originally used for displaying butter and other dairy products
from: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/196539971221835287/

There's also a larger, older "slab base only" also from Ruby Lane. You need to scroll down to the bottom of the page here:
https://www.rubylane.com/item/441414-AMT3262/English-Ironstone-Finest-English-Cheeses-Dairy

 

I did see that one also. Hopefully the folks on the other side of the pond will be able to help out when they are up & going tomorrow.

 

I'd make a cheese joke.......but screw that....It's Delightful !!!!

 

Since English is spelled Englisch here, it seems perhaps from continental Europe? The spelling looks Germanic. [No it doesn't!]

[EDIT: Note that I'm wrong here, and Ownedbybear pointed that out!]

 

I'm not seeing Englisch?

These were reproduced in the 70s, and I suspect that's its date. Shops like F&M sold them avec fromage.

 

Well, that's my fault. Still early in the morning here! Not sure how I saw that. Maybe I am becoming German.

 

You need more coffee.

 

Yes!

Also, I have some German ancestry and have been recently trying to make out the old German handwriting on 19th-century records. Besides crossing my eyes, it apparently crossed up my mental interpretations as well. I'll be aware in the future.

 

Languages have a habit of fighting over supremacy inside your brain. I can attest to that.

 

I know! In this case I reflected on it and think it was because the C at the beginning of the word "Cheese" mixed with the end of the word "English" that comes right before it.

 

Thank you so much!!

Hopefully someone will want to have this even with the damage.

 

Any suggestions on the best category to list this piece?

 

That's a cutie!!!!!

 

Scheese! Don't be so hard on yourschelf.

 

Oh, Schucks!