Code: 12165
EARLY CHILDS ALPHABET ABC PLATE
WANDERING PIE BIRD ~ MAGPIE
BROWNHILLS POTTERY CO
Staffordshire England ~ 1880
This large 8 1/4 " alphabet plate has a crisp image transfer printed in rich chocolate brown with great four color polychrome hand painting, clobbering in shades of red, cinnamon brown, green and cobalt blue.
In addition to the entire ABC alphabet transfer with the classic Brownhills decorative transfer, this plate has an aesthetic central design seperating the alphabet from the pair of Magpies or Wandering Pies, one perched on a spring twig while the other is in flight over the grasslands.
Condition is great ! No chips, no cracks, no hairlines and no repairs. Very clean and bright.