Antique Victorian Transfer Printed Soup Plate ~ 1880 FAISAN Pheasant

LARGE AESTHETIC BROWN TRANSFERWARE SOUP PLATE 

FAISAN PATTERN

Mintons Potteries

Staffordshire England

c. 1880

This large outstanding Victorian aesthetic 9 1/2 " shallow soup plate is transfer printed in very dark brown.  The  pattern features a Pheasant cartouche surrounded by magnificent tulip tree blossoms and foliage.  A darker inset feature buds and blossoms of water iris.  Surrounding all of this beauty is a wildly geometric border separated by 5 small panels with cherry blossom branches.  An exceptional pattern.

Condition is Great, clean shiny and bright.  No chips, no cracks, no hairlines and no repairs.