RARE Circa 1830 Rare Two Color Brown Yellow Transferware Platter John Ridgway Villa aesthetic movement dragonfly Measures: x 1/8" thick

Measures: x 1/8" thick

Alfred Meakin

Sodium from the salt reacts with silica in the clay body to form a glassy coating of sodium silicate

Don't miss this rare opportunity to add a rare and magnificent piece to your collection of  transferware

The outside has a pretty design of Victorian styled scrollwork and lettering

RARE Circa 1830 Rare Two Color Brown Yellow Transferware Platter John Ridgway Villa aesthetic movement dragonfly Measures: x 1/8" thickAfter 1828, technology allowed potters to produce two and three color transfer wares. This truly stunning example dating to the 1830's, by John Ridgway is a very highly sought after piece in the Villa pattern. Yellow is the very rarest color of transferware, and the intricacy in transfer placement on this piece is unsurpassed. This elaborately scalloped, rectangular serving platter in John Ridgway's "Villa" is executed in brown transfer and the rarest