Featured Ironstone bowl

I bought this over the weekend. It was advertised as 'Ashworths'. I wasn't sure if the description was correct. I was thinking of maybe Masons? After a bit of time looking at it at home I'm starting to think that maybe it's a Chinese copy? For one it is very clean and new looking. Including the foot rim. Two, the mark on the back is quite large (4.5cm). I once read somewhere that you should treat large backstamps with suspicion. Finally, it rings pure and true..if it was ironstone, wouldn't it make more of a clunk.

Thoughts please?

 

It’s definitely English . My immediate response is Ridgeway but I need to look it up,

 

Okay thanks. There seems to be a lot of incorrect references online.

 

Found this site, might be interesting on Ashworth patterns. The mark is almost identical but it is not.

https://ridgwaypatternbook.org.uk/broadst/cantonsp.html

Did you see this one? https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-masons-morley-ashworth-494800719

 

Check this out http://ridgwaypatternbook.org.uk/broadst/cantonsp.html

 

Thanks guys. I'll take a look.

 

That second link looks promising. Masons Morley and Ashworth. Same pattern number 271.

 

I also found the following:

http://www.beauville.co.uk/AshworthChineseLandscape.html

 

Okay cool. Thanks again. Guess it is genuine then.