RARE Antique Victorian Staffordshire Blue English Transferware Bird & Nest Basket Box Aesthetic Movement Flow Blue SLop Pail An Eastern scene with mountains

An Eastern scene with mountains in the background is depicted on the face of the plate

For consideration is this early Prattware stand depicting some fisherman along upper river banks in a mountainside stream

There is crazing

Measures appx: 6 1/2" x 3 1/2"

Winkle and Co

RARE Antique Victorian Staffordshire Blue English Transferware Bird & Nest Basket Box Aesthetic Movement Flow Blue SLop Pail An Eastern scene with mountainsThis is one of the most unique and prettiest pieces Ive seen. It is a unique shape looking like a woven basket weave box and lid with a darling bird and nest pattern. I have only seen a piece this shape or size twice now. Im not sure what it would originally have been used for but I can think of many uses for it today even if its just used as a display item. There are subtle hand painted accents with gold around the lower branches upon which the nest