19th C. Historical Staffordshire Transferware Plate – Stubbs “Italian” Pattern
Item History & Price
19th C. Historical Staffordshire Transferware Plate– Stubbs “Italian” Pattern.
Condition: Spider glaze hairlines on reverse. Otherwise inexcellent condition consistent with age and usage. Please examine the photos; they are part of the description.
Dimensions: Approximately 8” diameter.
Italianpattern plate by Joseph Stubbs circa 1825 – 1830.
The rim is decorated with a seriesof roses.The center has a pastoral scenewith a shepherdess, cows, and sheep situ...ated among gothic ruins.
The reverse has the impressedmark “Stubbs”.
Joseph Stubbs' version of this popular Spode pattern isillustrated on a platter in Coysh and Henrywood, The Dictionary of Blue andWhite Printed Pottery 1780-1880 Vol. I, at page 192, and contrasted with theoriginal Spode design. As noted at page 191, the Stubbs version has slightdifferences, principally different figures and cattle in the foreground of thescene.
Thefloral border is also different, similar to that used for the "WildRose" or "Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire" pattern. Several otherStaffordshire potters also copied the design.
Condition: Spider glaze hairlines on reverse. Otherwise inexcellent condition consistent with age and usage. Please examine the photos; they are part of the description.
Dimensions: Approximately 8” diameter.
Italianpattern plate by Joseph Stubbs circa 1825 – 1830.
The rim is decorated with a seriesof roses.The center has a pastoral scenewith a shepherdess, cows, and sheep situ...ated among gothic ruins.
The reverse has the impressedmark “Stubbs”.
Joseph Stubbs' version of this popular Spode pattern isillustrated on a platter in Coysh and Henrywood, The Dictionary of Blue andWhite Printed Pottery 1780-1880 Vol. I, at page 192, and contrasted with theoriginal Spode design. As noted at page 191, the Stubbs version has slightdifferences, principally different figures and cattle in the foreground of thescene.
Thefloral border is also different, similar to that used for the "WildRose" or "Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire" pattern. Several otherStaffordshire potters also copied the design.
