Antique Flow Blue Bird Plates – Rare Pair Victorian Transferware pheasants and roses Each of the shot glasses

Each of the shot glasses features a portrait of a Setter on each side

dating to about the 1930's

this unusually beautiful plate has an all over brown transfer Florentine pattern of geometric vines mixed with Victorian styled plumed scrolls and flowers

little head

but this piece appears to  have been made by another Staffordshire pottery

Antique Flow Blue Bird Plates – Rare Pair Victorian Transferware pheasants and roses Each of the shot glassesHere is a fabulous pair of antique Aesthetic Movement Victorian Flow Blue transferware plates each featuring birds. both plates have relief lattice borders with gold trim on the inside of the border and outside along the rim. A cobalt transfer that intentionally blurred during firing, creating a soft halo effect. This style was extremely popular in the U. S. between 18801900. To learn more about transferware and see it in many practical and decorative