Description:
Five Staffordshire Pottery Blue Transfer-decorated Plates, England, early 19th century, three dinner plates: one depicting Sheltered Peasants, one centered with a table laden with fruit, and one depicting Wardour Castle Wiltshire, (hairline); a salad plate depicting The Kent East India Man; a dessert plate depicting Commodore MacDonnough's Victory, with a seashell pattern border, by Enoch Wood & Sons, dia. 7 3/4-10 1/4 in.
Estimate $300-500
Sheltered Peasants: Very good; Table laden with fruit: very light wear from flatware; Wardour Castle Wiltshire: spider hairline 5 x2 in. with a small 1/8 in sliver of loss on the eating surface; salad plate depicting The Kent East India Man: surface wear and scratches from cutlery but not into blue underglaze; dessert plate depicting Commodore MacDonnough's Victory: Very good, very minor light scratches.