Royal Doulton Black Transferware Robert Burns Poet Portrait Plate with Characters antique dinnerware with asian theme cracks and restoration

cracks and restoration

marked on bottom "Tonquin Alfred Meakin Staffordshire England - A Hand engraved pattern applied under the glaze Detergent Proof"

The purple transfer is highlighted with hand painted touches of teal

for the collector of brown transferware

I am unsure of the pattern but it looks like Continental Views depicting a ship in harbour near a building with large columns and two people conversing on the bay

Royal Doulton Black Transferware Robert Burns Poet Portrait Plate with Characters antique dinnerware with asian theme cracks and restorationRobert Burns Black Transferware Collector Plate by Royal Doulton Hand Painted with greens, blues, reds, gray, gold and brown Depicts Burns portrait at the center and framed with a number of his memorable characters such as Toam O Shanter, Highland Mary, Duncan Gray, etc. Measures: 10" Condition: Excellent, no chips or cracks, little crazing Burns, sometimes known as the 'ploughman poet', was the eldest son of a poverty stricken farmer. Though his