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SIX RIDGWAYS IRONSTONE TRANSFER-PRINTED PASSOVER DISHES Dated 1923/1924, black and blue printed marks, registration nos. 699855 and 639856, retailer's marks for Tepper and for Bardiger, London. The blue, red and black-printed plates each entitled 'The Service of the Passover', decorated with reserves named in English and in Hebrew with foods served at a Seder, the border with reserves similarly inscribed clockwise with the order of the service; two more plates and a soup plate each printed in blue with the word 'Matzah' in Hebrew on a ground of strapwork, the wide border with quotations relating to Passover alternating with named cartouches of scenes taken from the Amsterdam Haggadah of 1712, each 9.7/8in. (25.1cm.) diam.; together with an English ironstone platter printed in the 'Douglas' pattern and with a later Hebrew inscription relating to Matzah, the center with an inscription in Hebrew related to matzah, the border with clusters of thistle and roses within tartan bands, 13in. (33cm.) diam.; two scalloped glass plates, each press-moulded in the center with the Star of David, the wide border with a Hebrew inscription, arches enclosing stylized flowers and a further band of flowerheads, 4.7/8in. (12.4cm.) diam.; and two modern Royal Doulton limited edition plates, designed by James B. Woods and printed in colours within chased gold bands with named scenes related to 'Passover' and 'Yom Kippur', 10.3/8in. (26.3cm.) diam. (11)