Marvelous Rare Early Staffordshire Plate: Keeping School bonus I am thinking may have

I am thinking may have been made from pre-printed cloth-- these is some text along the hand-stitched bottom seam

About as true a portrait of cold as I can imagine

18" drop on strap

and then what looks to be a pair of birds on the branches of a tree in between

Marvelous Rare Early Staffordshire Plate: Keeping School bonus I am thinking may haveHands down my favorite transfer image I've ever seen on a piece of Staffordshire, plate, cup or otherwise! That face! And those dolls and toy animals seated attentively for this school session, from the looks of the open book in our girl's hand being taught their A. B. C's. A stern school mistress she seems to be, too, with this whisk in hand to keep their attention. Just marvelous details all the way around, with excellent richness and sharpness to