RARE Gustav Leonce Blue Transferware Deep Plate ~ Plovers 1890

VICTORIAN BLUE TRANSFERWARE DEEP SOUP TYPE PLATE

Nature Series Pattern # 31

Brown, Westhead and Moore / Cauldon Potteries, potters to the Royal Families

Staffordshire England

c. 1890

This early Victorian large 10 1/4 inch deep dish plate is transfer printed in dark blue against a bright white background.  A rare pattern atributing the design to Leonce Goutard, the famous and prolific French designer and illustrator who produced naturalistic designs for Minton and Wedgwood as well.  

Great condition.