Small, diamond-shaped earthenware dish with blue transfer-printed pattern and a small handle at one corner. Transfer-printed scene depicts men in small boats on a calm river. A wooden bridge and thatched-roof cottage is in the mid-ground, fields with sheep and the tower of a building in the distance. Floral border on interior rim. Dish is one of four that fit inside tray.
sauce dishes
earthenware
transfer printing
pearlware
pastoral
flowers (plants)
Dish, Sauce
Unknown
7/8 x 3 7/8 x 5 5/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Eleanor Fayerweather
1993.597.5
County of Staffordshire (England, United Kingdom) [county]
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