SUMMER.... Vintage SOUTHERN POTTERIES Blue Ridge China LEAF DISH with Handle

Description

Stunning Vintage handpainted Leaf Shaped Serving Dish. Perfect for your summer gatherings!
This lovely dish is wonderfully hand painted under the glaze. The floral pattern pink peonies or roses, a raised 3D cluster of grapes by the handle, and lots of highlight greens, yellows, and blues!  The edge of the dish has blue accents in the details.  The plate measures 10" from leaf tip to handle x 10" wide. It is about 2.5" tall at the handle. Stamped on the back BLUE RIDGE CHINA / HANDPAINTED UNDERGLAZE / SOUTHERN POTTERIES INC. / MADE IN THE U.S.A.
HISTORY:
Production of Blue Ridge dinnerware begun around 1938 and continued until the factory closed in 1957. The factory, located in Erwin, Tennessee, employed hundreds of girls and women in the local area and trained them to do freehand painting. So, although the basic pattern was followed as to color, design and placement, the charm of the dinnerware is in the slight variation of one piece from another due to the freehand painting, as well as the bright colors and designs.
In excellent pre-owned condition. See photos.