Plate
Crown Staffordshire Porcelain Co Ltd (fl.1897-1948)
Category
Ceramics
Date
Unknown
Materials
China
Measurements
20 mm (Height); 270 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Fenton
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 24280.6.1
Summary
China plate with gold rim and central design showing a pheasant in foreground with foliage to left and with pheasant in background with three chicks on ground. On base, printed in brown is circle of leaves, flowers, grasses. In circle; BIRDS OF THE FIELDS AND MOORLANDS....An edition of Collectors' Plates in Fine China. Central motif reads; (Staffordshire china crest) / THE PHEASANT / ( Phasianus colchicus ).
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.
Makers and roles
Crown Staffordshire Porcelain Co Ltd (fl.1897-1948), potter