Hand Painted Brown Transferware Plate Bee Skep Plate Thatched Cottage English Garden Davenport Antique Plate 25" tall x appx 2

25" tall x appx 2

the Head of which was Benno Schotz )

inspired by a circa 1630 design of the Ching Dynasty

I believe these were done under the direction of Reuben Hague as I have had several other plates from Crown Ducal which were signed by Hague himself

Condition is near mint with little wear to the gold band around the edge

Hand Painted Brown Transferware Plate Bee Skep Plate Thatched Cottage English Garden Davenport Antique Plate 25" tall x appx 2"There is probably no object so much a natural part of the English landscape, nor which makes such a direct appeal to the heart and imagination, as the old country cottage". This perfectly charming 17th century cottage in Luddington Warwickshire (misspelled on the plate with only one D), now part of Stratford on Avon, is featured in the 1906 antique book entitled "Old English Country Cottages" on page 131 in the section which features the gardens,