Lot Essay
Cf. J. & J. May, op. cit., p.153, pl. 230 for two plates with similar prints taken from the Illustrated London News.
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Four Staffordshire pottery nursery plates
printed with portraits and scenes commemorating the death of Sir Robert Peel in 1850, the borders moulded with flowerheads between pink lustre bands, circa 1850 (some staining) -- 13.5cm. diam.; and a similar larger plate printed with a scene from the same series (stained) -- 17.5cm. diam.
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printed with portraits and scenes commemorating the death of Sir Robert Peel in 1850, the borders moulded with flowerheads between pink lustre bands, circa 1850 (some staining) -- 13.5cm. diam.; and a similar larger plate printed with a scene from the same series (stained) -- 17.5cm. diam.
See illustration (5)