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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValerieK, post: 2200210, member: 7360&quot;][ATTACH=full]254171[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]254172[/ATTACH] Hi,</p><p>I bought this heavy dinner plate at a car boot sale in Bristol some years ago, thought it would be easy to find out about it, and haven&#039;t been able to find any information at all about &quot;Grainger the Tea Man&quot; or C H Wood, who patented the shape of the plate, I presume.&nbsp; I thought it was actually very topical, because to serve a platter of food with helpings of condiments already added would be a good idea in this era of great attention to hygiene!&nbsp; I think the plate must have been made prior to the introduction of the UK registration diamond in 1842, or C H Wood would probably have put his registration mark on the back.&nbsp; I have a vision of a coaching inn, with a coach pulling in, the horses being watered while hungry passengers pile out and are seated at a long table outside and then handed platters of meat and potatoes to gobble down before they have to get back on.&nbsp; Pure fantasy, of course!&nbsp; </p><p>Many google searches have failed to find any information about this plate.&nbsp; I did contact the museum at Worcester who suggested I visit the county archives there.&nbsp; I must get around to that when it is deemed safe to travel - it was on my to do list for this summer - but in the meantime I wonder if anyone has any ideas about the tea firm, the design or the manufacturer?&nbsp; I think it was a very enterprising piece of advertising in the late Georgian era (I presume), but the firm seems to have disappeared without trace.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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