A rare George V Staffordshire pottery ceramic colour sample plate

A rare George V Staffordshire pottery ceramic colour sample plate, painted with samples of enamel colours, inscribed and numbered, the centre inscribed 'ROBERT EMERY, COBRIDGE STOKE ON TRENT 1919', 22cm diameter.

Provenance:

Purchased from William Agnew at the Grosvenor House Fine Art Fair.

The Property of a Collector.

Robert Gordon Emery was a Staffordshire based colour manufacturer and chemist. He was based at 69 London Road, Stoke. There is a similar earthenware plate by W. J. Furnival in the Victoria & Albert Museum.