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Antique English Georgian Blue and White Transfer "Native" Pattern Pottery Plate ~ William Adams
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Antique English Georgian Blue and White Transfer "Native" Pattern Pottery Plate ~ William Adams

19th century
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A good Early 19th Century Antique English Georgian Blue and White Transfer Indented Pottery Plate, printed in the "Native" pattern by William Adams of Tunstall and Stoke, Staffordshire, { 1769 - }. The bucolic scene depicts two dismounted women talking to a kneeling fisherman beside two horses on the bank of a river, with cottages and a bridge in the background. The reverse with pattern title NATIVE within a beaded rectangular reserve printed in underglaze blue. Good stilt marks and footring.

Height ~ 25.70 cm / 10.15 inches ~ Width ~ 25.70 cm / 10.15 inches ~ Depth ~ 2.00 cm. / 0.75 inch ~ Year ~ Circa 1825

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Date of Manufacture

Applecross Antiques has dated this Blue White Transferware Plate to the 19th Century.

Independent Date Guide ID 08592886
Dealer's Item Date19th Century
Sellingantiques Date19th Century
Sellingantiques agingItem 190-215 years old
ResultsDates match
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to THE 19TH CENTURY:
Three groups of stilt marks on the reverse: early kiln firing supports.
Underglaze blue title mark inside a beaded cartouche: Staffordshire pattern marking from the 1820s.
Bluish glaze pooling around the foot rim: typical pearlware glaze composition.
Fine all-over crazing in the clear glaze: natural glaze contraction over many decades.

This Independent Date Guide was compiled by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. It works only from the photographs shown on this page and is never told the date the dealer has declared. It is a guide, not a guarantee of age, and occasional errors can occur.

Physical Dimensions
Height
25.7cm (10.12")
Width
25.7cm (10.12")
Depth
2cm (0.79")
Reference Numbers
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SA1084698
Dealers Internal Reference
AGBAWTPWAN1-13
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Description
A good Early 19th Century Antique English Georgian Blue and White Transfer Indented Pottery Plate, printed in the "Native" pattern by William Adams of Tunstall and Stoke, Staffordshire, { 1769 - }.
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The bucolic scene depicts two dismounted women talking to a kneeling fisherman beside two horses on the bank of a river, with cottages and a bridge in the background.
Applecross Antiques

The reverse with pattern title NATIVE within a beaded rectangular reserve printed in underglaze blue. Good stilt marks and footring.

fig 1. An antique Georgian circular earthenware plate featuring a cobalt blue and white transfer printed landscape with figures and horses near a cottage, surrounded by a floral border.
fig 1. Antique English Georgian Blue and White Transfer "Native" Pattern Pottery Plate ~ William Adams

Height ~ 25.70 cm / 10.15 inches ~ Width ~ 25.70 cm / 10.15 inches ~ Depth ~ 2.00 cm. / 0.75 inch ~ Year ~ Circa 1825

Love This Item ? ~ Why Not Make Us An Offer ?

Our Warranty:- Buy it, enjoy it and take good care of it, subject only to these conditions, we undertake to accept this item back at any time and to credit the original purchase price against further purchases.

Just one of the thousands of warranted antiques ~ vintage collectables ~ catalogues and antiques reference works for sale at our main website ~ https://www.applecrossantiques.com

Date of Manufacture

Applecross Antiques has dated this Blue White Transferware Plate to the 19th Century.

Independent Date Report ID 08592886
Dealer's Item Date19th Century
Sellingantiques dating19th Century
Sellingantiques agingItem 190-215 years old
ResultsDates match
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to the 19th Century:
Three groups of stilt marks on the reverse: early kiln firing supports.
Underglaze blue title mark inside a beaded cartouche: Staffordshire pattern marking from the 1820s.
Bluish glaze pooling around the foot rim: typical pearlware glaze composition.
Fine all-over crazing in the clear glaze: natural glaze contraction over many decades.

This is an independent date report produced by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. The process uses the photographs shown on this page. The system is never told the date the dealer has declared. This report shows that the two dates corroborate.

Height
25.7cm (10.12")
Width
25.7cm (10.12")
Depth
2cm (0.79")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1084698
Dealers Internal Ref
AGBAWTPWAN1-13
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Archive I An antique Georgian circular earthenware plate featuring a cobalt blue and white transfer printed landscape with figures and horses near a cottage, surrounded by a floral border.

Antique English Georgian Blue and White Transfer "Native" Pattern Pottery Plate ~ William Adams

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An antique Georgian circular earthenware plate featuring a cobalt blue and white transfer printed landscape with figures and horses near a cottage, surrounded by a floral border.
Antique English Georgian Blue and White Transfer "Native" Pattern Pottery Plate ~ William Adams
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An antique Georgian circular earthenware plate featuring a cobalt blue and white transfer printed landscape with figures and horses near a cottage, surrounded by a floral border.
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  • ObjectDecorative Plates
  • Period19th century
  • StyleGeorgian
  • MaterialEarthenware, Glaze
  • ColourBlue and White
  • MotifsFloral border, pastoral landscape, transfer print, scalloped edge
  • SizeH 25.7 cm (10 in) x W 25.7 cm (10 in) x D 2 cm (1 in)

This early 19th-century Georgian earthenware plate exhibits a scalloped edge and a cobalt blue and white transfer-printed finish with visible stilt marks and a footring. The central pastoral landscape shows two dismounted women talking to a kneeling fisherman beside two horses near a riverbank, complete with cottages, a bridge, and a flying flock of birds in the background, all framed by an intricate floral border. The pottery piece measures 25.7 cm high, 25.7 cm wide, and 2 cm deep. Display this decorative plate on a sideboard top to enhance an English country house interior style. The earthenware item serves well in a dining room, living area, or hallway as a collectible display piece or as part of a traditional tablescape.

FAQs

Transferware was developed in England during the late 18th century as a method to replicate hand-painted blue and white Chinese porcelain at a commercial scale. Staffordshire potteries mastered copper-plate transfer printing using cobalt blue ink, depicting pastoral European scenes, classical architecture, and oriental landscapes on earthenware.

Georgian transferware was primarily produced using lead-glazed earthenware or pearlware. Copper plates were etched with detailed designs, inked with cobalt oxide, and transferred onto tissue paper, which was applied to unglazed ceramic bodies before final glazing and firing.

Authentic 19th-century pieces often display fine surface crazing, slight irregularities in the transfer alignment, and blue pooling in footrim crevices. Makers marks impressed into the clay or underglaze transfer stamps on the reverse assist in identifying makers such as William Adams.

Transferware plates can be displayed as a curated gallery wall, layered on a traditional dresser, or placed on plate stands atop a sideboard to introduce pattern and historical texture to modern schemes.

Washing by hand in warm water with a mild dish detergent is recommended. Avoid abrasive sponges, dishwashers, and prolonged soaking, which can weaken the glaze or cause moisture to penetrate underlying earthenware.
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