RARE W T Copeland and Sons Spode Brown Transferware Aesthetic Movement Kew Razor Toothbrush Box black transfer ware AGE ASSOCIATED CRAZING IS PRESENT

AGE ASSOCIATED CRAZING IS PRESENT

~from Thomas Buchanan Reads poem

The pattern is called Byron

Measures Saucer is 5 3/4" Cup is appx 41/2" handle to rim x 2 1/2" tall

the stamp on this plate is the same but also says 'Series No 2' dsirectly beneath Spode's Byron

RARE W T Copeland and Sons Spode Brown Transferware Aesthetic Movement Kew Razor Toothbrush Box black transfer ware AGE ASSOCIATED CRAZING IS PRESENTSpode W. T. Copeland and Sons Transfer Ware Razor or Toothbrush Box. The pattern is the "KEW" pattern which was named after the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, near Richmond, London. The design, with a border of chrysanthemum blooms and geometric style panels around a central stylized floral arrangement in a large vase, with a fence and additional floral in the background. This is the Aesthetic style which became very popular in the 1860s s and was