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Joseph Heath and Sons Company - "Italian Villas" meat platter Posted by Rich Fuller on June 5, 2026, 3:29 pm My wife owns a family heirloom meat platter made by Joseph Heath & Sons Company (Staffordshire), in the "Italian Villas" collection. It is in the red (pink) transferware color. Unfortunately she dropped the platter and destroyed it. I am very keenly interested to try and replace it if I can possibly find one. I can send pictures of the broken platter, to anyone who wants to see it. Thank You. Rich

Re: Joseph Heath and Sons Company - "Italian Villas" meat platter Posted by Web Administrator on June 5, 2026, 7:27 pm, in reply to "Joseph Heath and Sons Company - "Italian Villas" meat platter" I'm very sad that you lost your lovely heirloom platter. It is/was one of a series with at least nine different center patterns, all print-marked with the series name "Italian Villas". In our Database of Patterns and Sources we simply differentiate by a somewhat arbitrary number, Italian Villas #01- #09. Our nine examples are in purple, red (pink), brown, and black. There is both good and bad news for finding a replacement. The odds of you finding whichever pattern you possess in combination with a platter (as opposed to plate or bowl) are not good. Over time, you should be able to locate a platter in one of the patterns; more likely would be one of the other forms. If you would provide a quality image of as much of the center pattern as possible, I likely can identify it for you, although it would just be as #01 through #09. I would be pleased to place a complimentary advertisement for you on our website and monthly eNews. However, in my view your best chance of success is to haunt eBay listings for Staffordshire, transferware, platters, etc. Set up a link so you can use the same searches on a regular bases. Hopefully something will turn up, even if not the the same center pattern. Attached are an image of the center pattern, a red example platter, and all nine entries (again, there may be additional patterns which we have not recorded yet to date). You can drag the images from this post, and probably could enlarge them for a better view. Please let us know when you locate a replacement.

Re: Joseph Heath and Sons Company - "Italian Villas" meat platter Posted by Rich Fuller on June 5, 2026, 7:54 pm, in reply to "Re: Joseph Heath and Sons Company - "Italian Villas" meat platter" Thank you very, very much!!! The platter we have is without question the #4 series, which I believe is the only one that features a rider on horseback, but it is in the red (pink) color.

Re: Joseph Heath and Sons Company - "Italian Villas" meat platter Posted by Web Administrator on June 5, 2026, 8:25 pm, in reply to "Re: Joseph Heath and Sons Company - "Italian Villas" meat platter" Yes, rider on horseback, actually a statue. We'll see what we can do. It's too late to hit our monthly eNews, but I'll run a notice for July and place on our website. I'll need some contact info, I have your name, please either post your email address or send it to me, web administrator, through the TCC home page message/contact us.

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