ENGLISH STAFFORDSHIRE TRANSFER-PRINTED CERAMIC PLATTERS, LOT OF FOUR, each of oval form with red/pink transfer scenes, comprising one example featuring "CHINESE / JUVENILE SPORTS / B", as printed to underside, depicting five children in a courtyard with floral and scroll border decoration, one example with "CANOVA" pattern, as printed to underside, featuring a large urn with classical-type building in background, one example with "India" scene featuring two warriors in foreground with temple-like structures in background, one example with "BELZONI", as printed to underside, featuring a figure with horse being fed by a servant and sitting dog in foreground. Marks include printed "T. MAYER / STOKE UPON TRENT", "E.W. & S. / PATENT", and impressed "ADAMS". Thomas Mayer, Stoke-on-Trent; William Adams IV & Sons, Stoke-on-Trent; Enoch Wood & Sons, Burslem. 1825-1861. 11 1/8" x 9 1/8" to 17" x 13 5/8".
Two undamaged, except most having some minor expected usage wear including light short scattered scratches; "India" example with minor flake to underside rim; "Juvenile Sports" example with two bruises and two minor flakes to rim.
Literature: Transferware Collectors Club database pattern #7540, #8836, #9277, #10293.
Provenance: From the James Dunn collection, Springfield, VT.

Two undamaged, except most having some minor expected usage wear including light short scattered scratches; "India" example with minor flake to underside rim; "Juvenile Sports" example with two bruises and two minor flakes to rim.