Durham Ox meat platters beef up sale
The best meat platters have weathered the dip in fortunes of Staffordshire pearlware. The Durham Ox series remains a favourite pattern and there was no shortage of northern private bidders when two c.1820 examples were offered at Tennants’ (20% buyer’s premium) Leyburn sale on January 12.
The 22in (56cm) wide platter, printed in underglaze blue with the famous beast and its owner John …