Victorian Transferware Well & Tree Platter ~ Devonshire ~ 1884

RARE AESTHETIC POLYCHROME BROWN TRANSFERWARE MEAT PLATTER

DEVONSHIRE PATTERN

Ridgways Potteries

Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire England

c. 1884

This large Victorian brown aesthetic 16 1/2 " long x 12 1/4 " wide platter is transfer printed in very dark brown.  Rare to find in a welll and tree drainage meat platter, first one we have seen in this great pattern.

The pattern features a fancy pin wheel flower border around a completely covered well with oversized daisy type flowers and three magnificent cartouches. One has a vase full of oversized exotic flowers next to a lake with a songbird in flight. Another has sprigs of blooming daisies and the final cartouche has a very unique tufted long billed aquatic bird. This is a delicious platter.

The platter displays beautifully or is ready for use. Great condition.  One darkened craze line to the rear which is not a hairline.