C 1900 ~ Stick Spatter Rabbitware Ironstone Plate ~ Bulls-Eye

Code: 10341

Staffordshire, England ~ c.1900

This is a colorful hand painted transferware plate, c. 1900, from the genre of rabbit ware plates that have become very popular.  Very little is known about the actual origin of these wonderfully whimsical rabbit wares.

Rabbitware is a combination of transfer printing and stick sponge or spatterware. The plate measures 9 1/4 inches in diameter and transfer printed in black and painted with enamels in yellow, brown and green. The center is painted in the Bulls-Eye pattern and this plates has the hard to find Frogs.  This folk art is a highly collected art form.  Never Used.  The piece is in outstanding condition. There are no chips, cracks, or repairs.