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However, it does have features which lift it out of the ordinary.  Dresser's commitment to practicality led him to include a dip in the soup plates to make the last spoonful easier.<br><br><b>Places</b><br>The Old Hall Earthenware Co. Ltd. was the first limited liability company in the Staffordshire potteries.  It was founded in 1861 in Hanley, and was formerly Charles Meigh & Son. In 1886 it became the Old Hall Porcelain Works. Earthenware production was less expensive than bone china or porcelain and this tableware would probably have been used in a comparatively modest home, although one with some artistic aspirations. It may also have served as everyday ware in a home where more expensive bone china was kept 'for best'.<br><br><b>People</b><br>Dresser was a trained botanist and perhaps the most radical and prolific of 19th-century designers. He was often described as a 'pioneer of modern design' and he promoted quality, machine production and new materials. 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