MINTON FLORAL SPRIGS BLUE TRANSFER PLATTER This 18-1/2" by 15" pearlware platter was made by Minton in Staffordshire around 1820-1830. It is printed with beautiful bontanicals. The blue is a rich medium blue not the gray/blue of my photos. Condition is excellent with no chips, cracks or restoration. If you like botanical prints, this is the item for you! Take a look at all of the photos for the details.
 

BLUE TRANSFER BEEHIVE AND VASES PLATTER 1825 Known as Beehive and Vases, this 17" by 13" pearlware platter was made by Stevenson & Williams in Staffordshire around 1825. It is beautifully printed in medium to dark blue. Condition is excellent with no chips, cracks or restoration. Take a look at all of the photos for the details. This is another of my favorite patterns. I love the beehive, the bees and the flowers against the stippled background.
 

BLUE TRANSFERWARE DRAINER VIGNETTE PATTERN Drainers were used to drain the juices from the meat or fish onto the platter. This pearlware drainer is part of the "Vignette" service that I am listing in this catalog. It is 13-1/2" by 9-1/2". The pattern has a horse and her foal surrounded by a gorgeous floral border. The series was made around 1820 in Staffordshire by John Bagster. Other than a hairline in the border, condtion is excellent. Drainers are hard to find and highly collectible. If you like drainers, this is the one for you!
 

PEARLWARE 11-1/2" PLATTER VIGNETTE PATTE

This lovely 11-1/2" by 8-1/2" platter is part of the "Vignette" series. The central pattern has a lovely country scene of men in a hay cart. All of the patterns in this series contain rural scenes of early 19th century England. Except for an in the making nick at the bottom of the platter, condition is excellent. The series was made in Staffordshire by John Bagster around 1820. Take a look at all of the photos for the details.






 

KEELING VIEWS IN MESOPOTAMIA PLATTER 1820 Made by Thomas Keeling in Staffordshire around 1820, this huge 20" by 17" platter is beautifully printed in a pattern entitled "Views in Mesopotamia". Each size in the series has a different central view. The center is fairly small which leaves room for an inner border of large flowers. There is also an outer border of birds and flowers as well as a molded edge which contains shells. This is an amazing platter! There is a tiny nick in the molding at about 12 o'clock as well as a knife mark in the center which is mainly hidden by the pattern. Take a look at all of the photos for the details.
 

LARGE CHINOISERIE PEARLWARE PLATTER 1800 This pearlware platter is printed in dark blue with a wonderful Chinoiserie pattern. It is quite large--20-1/2" by 15-1/4". The platter is early transferware as it dates from around 1800. It is over two hundred years old! Other than seven or so chips on rim--only one is actually noticeable--condition is excellent. Take a look at all of the photos for the details.
 

BLUE TRANSFERWARE SPANISH BEAUTIES PLATTER This 17" by 14" platter was probably made in Staffordshire around 1840. It is printed in medium to dark blue with a charming romantic pattern. The pattern is entitled "Spanish Beauties". Condition is excellent with no cracks, chips or restoration. You can tell this platter was handprinted as one of the seams does not quite match up in the border! Take a look at all of the photos for the details.
 

SPODE PEARLWARE DRAINER FOREST LANDSCAPE 1820 This 12-3/4" by 9" pearlware drainer was made by Spode in Staffordshire around 1820. It is in the Forest Landscape II pattern. A drainer is an insert for a platter so that the juice from the meat can drain. Simple. Condition is excellent with no chips, cracks or restoration. Take a look at all of the photos for the details. The pattern of the drain holes is quite interesting. There is a printed upper case Spode mark on the back.
 

CHINOISERIE BONE CHINA PORCELAIN PLATTER 1800 This 10-1/2" by 7-3/4" platter is printed in medium to dark blue with a Chinoiserie pattern. The pattern is Bridge II. The color is much more beautiful than my photographs. The platter is made of bone china porcelain rather than earthenware. There is combing on the back. Condition is excellent. It was probably made in Staffordshire around 1800-1810.
 

BLUE TRANSFERWARE PEARLWARE PLATTER LOVICKS Made in Staffordshire around 1825, this pearlware well and tree platter is 18-3/4" by 14-1/2". The pattern of birds, butterflies, and flowers surrounded by a paisley-like border is gorgeous. Condition is excellent with no chips, cracks or restoration. If you are looking for a platter for your Thanksgiving turkey or to decorate your wall, this is the one for you! Take a look at all of the photos for the details.
 

BLUE TRANSFERWARE RIVER AVON PLATTER BRISTOL This 16" by 12-1/4" pearlware platter is printed in medium to dark blue with an early scene of Bristol, England. The series was made by Pountney & Allies around 1830. Each size platter and plate has a different scene. This one is entitled "View Near Bristol, River Avon". Other than a scratch in the upper right hand side of the platter between the inner and outer borders, condition is excellent. There are no cracks or chips. There is also no restoration. Take a look at all of the photos to see the details. If you like scenes of 19th century England, this is the one for you!
 

BLUE TRANSFERWARE PLATTER INDIA VASE 1820 A 17" by 13" pearlware platter printed in blue in Staffordshire around 1820. The title is "India Vase" which is printed on the back but the maker is unknown. Condition is excellent with no chips, cracks or restoration. The back has the wonderful combing that is sometimes seen on early transferware. Take a look at all of the photos to see the details.
 

BLUE TRANSFERWARE SHEET PATTERN PLATTER 1820 A 20-1/2" by 16" pearlware platter is a sheet pattern comprising sylized flowers, leaves and curlicues against a dotted background. What a wonderful design! There is a small repair to the pattern at about 6 o'clock. Appearance is excellent. I have the same pattern in a soup bowl in this catalog which is clobbered. I didn't realize this was the same pattern for quite awhile as it looks so different with the added colors. The platter was probably made in Staffordshire around 1820. Take a look at all of the photos for the details.
 

BEEMASTER PEARLWARE PLATTER BLUE TRANSFER The Beemaster pattern is one of my favorites. Even though the source print is entitled "A Swarm of Bees", an English friend suggested that the print represents a country wedding. The country folk are wearing their best clothes and the young man and woman are arm in arm. Also, the beehive was a traditional wedding gift as it offers in Jonathan Swift's words both "sweetness and light". This huge platter is 21-1/2" by 16". The blue and white transfer print is crisp and has lots of shading. Condition is overall what you would expect from a platter from about 1820. There is a minor restoration to a chip on the rim--I cannot see where it is as I bought the platter this way. There are several areas where a glaze bubble has popped leaving a small pit in the surface. This was done in the making. Appearance of the platter is excellent. This platter is truly an engraving on pottery and a must for the serious collector of blue and white transferware. It was probably made in Staffordshire around 1820. A plate in this pattern is pictured on the cover of the first Coysh and Henrywood Dictionary. Take a look at all of the photos to see the lovely details.
 

CLEWS DR. SYNTAX PEARLWARE PLATTER 1825 The wonderful Dr. Syntax series was made by James and Ralph Clews in Staffordshire in the 1820's. This is a very large dinner service with lots of different center designs depicting the adventures of Dr. Syntax who was a charming cartoon-like character. This large 19" by 14" platter is entitled "Dr. Syntax Amused with Pat in the Pond". The pattern has everything you'd want to see in an early 19th century English country scene. Take a look at all of the photos but please excuse the flash. Other than a small nick on the rim of the platter that may be seen in one of the photos, condition is excellent. This is one of the harder scenes to find in this series.