Gingham Check & Farmhouse Scenery Sheep Turkey Cows Chickens Red Transferware Plate antique english stoneware It's got a lovely patina

It's got a lovely patina

For consideration is this early platter from A J Wilkinson / Royal Staffordshire Ceramics of Burslem England in the difficult to find pattern entitled Safe Harbour

The matching teapot

Featured on the Etsy blog November 2012:

Gingham Check & Farmhouse Scenery Sheep Turkey Cows Chickens Red Transferware Plate antique english stoneware It's got a lovely patinaOld English Rural Scenes by Adams This is an absolutely charming pattern, one of my favorites and one not often found! The pastoral scene depicts a woman throwing feed out to the farm animals. turkeys, chickens, roosters, and sheep. It is framed with a gingham check inserted with cartouches alternating flowers and or cattle within. Crimped rim. Measures: appx 9" Condition: No chips or cracks. There is only minor crazing, commensurate to age.