English Victorian RARE 1851 Prattware Transferware Hops Queen Handled Compote Plate Oak Leaf Acorn Border Booth's from the top

from the top

It is also hand numbered R 2704

Measures: 6 1/8"

It's got a lovely patina

By late 1826 William Smith & Company were selling more white ware than brown ware and  as a consequence the brown ware pottery on the same site was let to other interested parties

English Victorian RARE 1851 Prattware Transferware Hops Queen Handled Compote Plate Oak Leaf Acorn Border Booth's from the topStaffordshire F & R Pratt 'The Hop Queen' Acorns & Oak Leaves Border Dual Handled Compote Plate Stand 1851 Prattware Pratt ware This superbly decorated piece was manufactured by the Staffordshire pottery of Felix and Richard Pratt and features the highly sought after and very collectable Hops Queen. Introduced for the Great Exhibition of 1851, the plate features a color print of the engraving by Jesse Austin titled 'The Hop Garland' or 'The Hop