Set of 3 Late 19th-Century English Staffordshire Transferware Plates – Black Transfer With Hand Coloring

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Set of 3 Antique brown transferware plates, part of the "Melbourne" pattern, produced by Gildea & Walker Potteries in Tunstall, … Read more Set of 3 Antique brown transferware plates, part of the "Melbourne" pattern, produced by Gildea & Walker Potteries in Tunstall, Staffordshire, England, around 1883. This piece is a prime example of the Aesthetic Movement, a late 19th-century art movement emphasizing beauty for its own sake. This pattern can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art as a prime example of that movement.

Each plate is 8.25 round. See less