Rare Staffordshire Plate ~ Fairy Elf Fantasy Hard Nut to Crack 1880
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Rare Staffordshire Plate
FAIRY & ELVES FANTASY
William Brownfield Staffordshire England
c 1880
This is a gorgeous transferware 8 sided plate, printed in brown and measures 9 1/4” in diameter.
The plate is decorated with fantasy images elves, gnomes and fairies. The images includes elves using a nut-cracker to open walnuts on a shelf with a beautiful figural jug (titled A Hard Nut to Crack)
This stunning Aesthetic movement image is part of an early series of fantasy illustrations based on The Water-Babies, a Victorian children's novel by the Charles Kingsley, written in 1862, a mainstay of children's literature, written as an educational fable. The protagonist of the book is Tom, an inquisitive young boy who falls into a river where he is transformed into a ‘water baby’ and begins his moral education, embarking on a series of adventures and lessons in the company of other water babies. The main characters he meets along the way are fairies and elves, each teaching him a moral or spiritual lesson.
Great condition. Transfer printed earthenware plates of this quality in this pattern are especially unique. Fantasy wares!
Additional Information
11418 (AB-60584)
19th Century, Victorian (1837 to 1901)
Massachusetts, United States