Grouping of 5 historical Staffordshire transferware plates, all with scalloped borders, including: 1) Black & white plate signed on reverse "Battery & c / New York / Jacksons Warranted" - very good condition, no chips, cracks or repairs - 7 3/4" diameter; brown & white plate signed on reverse "The Race Bridge Philadelphia / Jacksons Warranted" - very good condition, no chips, cracks or repairs - 9" diameter; black and white plate signed on reverse "The Water Works Philadelphia / Jacksons Warranted" - three tiny glazing flakes on the edge of the footed base and one tiny glaze flake on the underside of rim, else good condition, no cracks or repairs - 9" diameter; and 2 matching light blue soup plates titled on reverse "Picturesque Views / Nr Fishkill / Hudson River" with the impressed mark of "Clews Warranted Staffordshire" - one plate with slight yellowing stain on reverse side, else very good condition with no chips, cracks or repairs - the second plate with several tiny chips to edge of footed base, else very good condition with no cracks or repairs - 10 1/2" diameter x 1 5/8"H. Provenance: From the James Becker collection, Walden NY.