Earthenware plate with brown transfer-printed pattern "Chinese Pastime" depicting two children in Asian dress fishing beside a stream with exotic flowers, pagoda and bridge in background. Border pattern of scrolls, floral sprays and florettes.
dinner plates
transfer printing
earthenware
glazing (coating)
tin (metal)
floral patterns
Chinoiserie
Earthenware
Transfer Printed
Tin Glazed
Fishing
Chinese pastime
Scrolling Border
Children
Man
Temple
Spray
Plate, Dinner
"Chinese / pastime" (printed)
[simple petaled flower] (impressed)
Chinese Pastime
1940.229B
Davenport (Maker)
Longport, England, Staffordshire
1 1/8 (H), 10 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Alexander Pease
1940.229.2
Longport (Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom)
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