Early 19th Century Davenport Pastoral Staffordshire Blue Transferware Plate W. R. Midwinter whose art work was commissioned

whose art work was commissioned by the Copeland family

It is bordered with a pretty strawberry and vine border

when it hosted the court of the House of Este

One has a little bitty fleabite at the rim

In the distance are swans out on a lake

Early 19th Century Davenport Pastoral Staffordshire Blue Transferware Plate W. R. Midwinter whose art work was commissionedMid 1800s blue Transferware by Davenport in an unusual, slightly octagon shape. It has a pretty pastoral scene. John Davenport, born in 1765 and began his potting career in 1785 as a workman in the pottery. He later partnered with Thomas Wolfe of Stoke and then acquired his own pottery at Longport in 1794 and manufactured earthenware. The name was changed to William Davenport and Company. William died in 1869, and his two sons took over the direction