Adam Whyte-Settlar wrote:
> If that fails then there is this Pork Pie pan for sale online at:
> http://www.gosschinaclub.demon.co.uk/mthcat.htm
>
> (Leastways I think that's what it is)
>
> Catalogue Number 292
> Melton Mowbray Pork Pie (WILLOW ART) 55mm - Brighton 35.00 (quid!!)
>
> Available via mail order.
>
>
> I think it must be an antique at that price!
> 55mm is only a mouthfull too - it must be for making 'throwing pies' for the
> footy.
Goss crested china is much collected. Many years ago I was responsible
for a large collection of it. It serves no practical purpose, being
purely ornamental. The example you quote sounds like miniature china
model of a pie, with the town crest of Brighton transfer-printed on to
it, possibly not even made by Goss themselves, but by "willow Art",
possibly one of the many imitators of the "style".
--
Ian O.
http://www.iomorrison.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk