Retro Vintage 1970’s Wood & Sons Alpine Ironstone Set Of 12 Plates (6 Dinner Plates & 6 Side Plates – Sherwood Pattern Porcelain & Ceramics olive green and caramel colour

olive green and caramel colour pattern in raised detail on a beige painted background

The servers are in good used condition

Besides this the jug also has lots of areas of plate loss which is revealing some of the copper underneath

but aside from this all the items are in good condition with no visible damages

Retro Vintage 1970’s Wood & Sons Alpine Ironstone Set Of 12 Plates (6 Dinner Plates & 6 Side Plates – Sherwood Pattern Porcelain & Ceramics olive green and caramel colourThe firm was established in 1865 by Absalom Wood and his son Thomas Francis Wood. In 1921 Harry F Wood took over from his father Thomas and the firm became successful. In 1954 the firm became an Ltd. under the name Wood & Sons. During the 1970s the firm fought two unsuccessful takeover bids, one by Barrets in 1975 and the other by Staffordshire Pottery in 1979. The takeover bids weakened the firm financially and in 1981 the bank took control of the