Aesthetic Movement Plate ~ Bugs ~ Bees~ Dragonfly ~ EGRET 1879

AESTHETIC TRANSFERWARE POLYCHROME PLATE

NATURE & BIRDS & BEES

Copeland Potteries

Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire England

c. 1879

This very desirable Victorian aesthetic 8 1/2 " plate is elegantly hand painted under glaze in spectacular colors. The pattern features a Japanesque fan scroll filled with flowering maroon water Iris and along with a bright Egret and Songbird. Golden flowering branches encase this along with a Dragonfly, a LadyBug Beetle and a HoneyBee. The pattern displays the victorian eras love of nature.

EXCELLENT CONDITION, Never Used, clean shiny and bright with no chips, no cracks and no repairs.