Marvelous Rare Early Staffordshire Plate: Keeping School bonus No totally my usual thing

No totally my usual thing

and then what looks to be a pair of birds on the branches of a tree in between

the last one round

I happened to come across this

with some paint loss and small dings to a couple of the red columns

Marvelous Rare Early Staffordshire Plate: Keeping School bonus No totally my usual thingHands down my favorite transfer image I've ever seen on a piece of Staffordshire, plate, cup or otherwise! That face! And those dolls and toy animals seated attentively for this school session, from the looks of the open book in our girl's hand being taught their A. B. C's. A stern school mistress she seems to be, too, with this whisk in hand to keep their attention. Just marvelous details all the way around, with excellent richness and sharpness to