Blue, transfer-print pearlware platter. Diamond chain edge and border of four scenic cartouches: ox, wolf, fox, anteater, radiating from central scenic rectangle of 2 horses on the grounds of a country house; baskets of flowers separate the four cartouches.
platters
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
pearlware
figure- and animal-derived motifs
anteaters and sloths
country houses
flower baskets
foxes (animals)
horse (animal)
oxen
animals
wolves
Dish, Serving
Platter
Earthenware
Transfer Printed
Tin Glazed
Quadrupeds
Ox
Wolf
Fox
Anteater
Horse
Country Residence
Fruit Basket
Platter
"10" (Impressed on bottom)
Quadrupeds
Hall & Sons, John (Maker)
Burslem, England, Staffordshire
8 3/4 (W) (inches)
Gift of S. Prescott Fay
1969.610.135
County of Staffordshire (England, United Kingdom) [county]
County of Staffordshire (England, United Kingdom) [county]
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