A Staffordshire pottery alphabet plate
printed in black with a quarter-length portrait of Victoria below a crown and the inscription VICTORIA REGINA born 25 of May 1819, proclaimed 20 of June 1837., the border moulded with the letters of the alphabet within a gadrooned black line rim, circa 1837 (very light staining) -- 18cm. diam. See illustration
Lot Essay
Cf. J. & J. May, op. cit., p.57, pl.89 for a similar transfer.
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