[Transferware plates].
Seller Niall Kenny description: 4 Victorian "nursery" plates. Two are versions of the same image (one larger than the other) showing someone drawing blood from a horse using a fleam. These are very rare and almost certainly are illustrations from an old children's story "The Hist...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Seller Niall Kenny description: 4 Victorian "nursery" plates. Two are versions of the same image (one larger than the other) showing someone drawing blood from a horse using a fleam. These are very rare and almost certainly are illustrations from an old children's story "The History of Little Jack" first published in 1787. The other ones are "The Sick donkey" and "Pig Race." I cannot trace the origin of these last two images. |
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| Item Description: | Plate #1 (MSL-140): "Curing the Tartar's horse," 13.5 cm diameter, 1.5 cm depth; embossed leafy floral pattern on rim; irregular edge of rim; black transfer on well; Victorian amateur china-painting on both rim and transfer. Plate #2 (MSL-141): "Curing the Tartar's horse," 11 cm diameter, 1.5 cm depth; embossed leafy floral pattern on rim; irregular edge of rim; blue-green transfer on well; Victorian amateur china-painting on both rim and transfer. Plate #3 (MSL-142): "The Sick Donkey," 15.5 cm diameter, 2 cm depth; rim embossed with two rows of stylized daisies; irregular edge of rim; black transfer on well; Victorian amateur china-painting on transfer. Plate #4 (MSL-143): "Pig Race," 15.5 cm diameter, 2.5 cm depth; octagonal; rim embossed with two rows of stylized daisies and rope at edge; black transfer on well; Victorian amateur china-painting on transfer and rim edge; pigs are ridden by monkeys; chip on underside of rim at lower right. |
| Physical Description: | 4 pottery plates. |