Description:
English Staffordshire platter decorated with a blue transfer print in the ''Wild Rose' pattern that was used by many English and Scottish potters. The scene is based on a print titled "Nuneham Courtenay, Bridge & Cottage" with the engraving by W. Cooke after a drawing by S. Owen, published on February 1, 1811 jointly by Vernon, Hood & Sharpe of Poultry and W. Cooke of 12 York Place, Pentonville. The transfer print scene, which varies from the print, shows Nuneham Park, the seat of the Earl of Harcourt, with a center building in the background that is thought to be Gothic tower that was planned but never built, sheep on the hill, a rustic bridge leading to the lock-keeper's thatched cottage over stream, and two punts that may represent a ferry across the river. During her visit to HD on June 21, 1995, Louise Richardson noted that fragments with this pattern have been excavated at Strawbery Bank Museum, Portsmouth, NH. For the same pattern, see plate (HD 64.290), basket ( HD 91.022), and stand (HD 91.023).
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