1877 ~ Victorian Hawk Duck Birds Nest ~ Brown INDUS Platter

AESTHETIC MOVEMENT TRANSFERWARE PLATTER 

INDUS PATTERN

Ridgways Potteries

Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire England

c. 1877

This Victorian aesthetic 14 " long x 11 1/4 " wide plate is transfer printed in brown against a white background.  The pattern features some of the most outrageous looking birds the potteries artist could imagine.  A rim of wildly tropical flowers with hummingbirds.  An ornate garden house or pagoda sits in the background in the well of the platter with aquatic orchid and lily type flowers beneath two exotic birds.  Hidden among the foliage is a birds nest complete with eggs.  A marvel of the imagination.  

Great Condition.  Clean and bright.