Wild Animals ~ Polar Bear + Cubs ~ ABC Plate 1880

Wild Animals ~ Polar Bear + Cubs ~ ABC Plate 1880

Code: 12166

$250.00 free shipping to USA
 

EARLY CHILDS ALPHABET ABC PLATE 

WILD ANIMALS

POLAR BEAR WITH CUBS

BROWNHILLS POTTERY CO  ~   Staffordshire England  ~  

c. 1880

This large 7 1/4 inch alphabet plate has a crisp image transfer printed in rich dark bittersweet chocolate brown with great color polychrome hand painting in cinnamon brown and bright green. 

In addition to the entire ABC alphabet transfer with the classic Brownhills decorative clover transfer, this plate has a central cartouche of a mother Polar Bear nursing and preening and cleaning her two young cubs.  Such a sweet image.

Condition is great.  Fabulous transfer with normal stilt marks to the front and rear.  No chips, no cracks, no hairlines and no repairs.  The image is part of the Wild Animals series coveted by collectors.  This transfer, rarely seen on the market, will be a special abc plate in your collection.