Hummingbird Brown Transfer English Platter ~ Devonshire ~ 1884

AESTHETIC DARK BROWN TRANSFERWARE PLATTER

DEVONSHIRE PATTERN

Ridgways Potteries

Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire England

c. 1884

This Victorian aesthetic 11 7/8 " long x 8 5/8 " wide platter is transfer printed in dark brown.  The pattern features a fancy pin wheel flower border around a completely covered well with oversized daisy type flowers and three magnificent cartouches.  One of Japanesque bamboo, one of a smiling fish swimming amongst the seaweed corral and seashells, and the largest is of a Hummingbird perched in the branches watching the sun set over the landscape.

Condition is great, clean and bright.  No cracks, no hairlines and no repairs.