A good, Mid 19th Century Antique English Victorian Blue and White Transfer Pottery Plate, printed in a light blue palette, from the Botanical Beauties series, here attributed to Elkin and Newbon of Stafford Street, Longton, Staffordshire, circa 1844-45. Another, fully marked pattern from this series, of which we currently have one example in stock, is illustrated in Volume 1 of Coysh and Henrywood's Dictionary of Blue and White Printed Pottery 1780 - 1880. Geoffrey Godden states, in his Encyclopaedia of Pottery and Porcelain Marks, that this firm was in business for just a short period, manufacturing earthenware at their Stafford Street Works from 1844 to 1845. The reverse, with series title, "Botanical Beauties" enclosed within a floral cartouche, printed in underglaze blue.
Height ~ 22.90 cm. / 9.00 inches ~ Width ~ 22.90 cm. / 9.00 inches ~Year ~ Circa 1844 - 45.
