Bidspirit auction | Six Piece Lot of Johnson

Six Piece Lot of Johnson Brothers The Old Mill Brown Multicolor Earthenware - A six piece lot of English earthenware produced by Johnson Brothers in the popular The Old Mill pattern. The set features multicolor transfer-printed decoration from hand-engraved plates applied under the glaze. The central scene depicts a rustic landscape with a watermill, figures fishing by a stream, and large deciduous trees. The lot includes two dinner plates with scalloped rims, two teacups, and two saucers with scalloped rims. The reverse of the plates bears a brown transfer-printed backstamp reading The Old Mill, Made in England by Johnson Bros, All Decoration Under the Glaze, Permanent & Acid Resisting Colors, Pat Pend, and A Genuine Hand Engraving. A small hand-painted green mark is present on the base of one plate. The teacups feature an indistinct circular impressed mark on the underside.