ENGLISH STAFFORDSHIRE BLUE TRANSFER-PRINTED ROMANTIC MOTIF CERAMIC PLATES, LOT OF 14, comprising four examples with "Park Scenery" pattern featuring cattle and deer beside a fountain with manor home in background, four examples with "Italian Villas" depicting a couple beside large urns with swans on a lake and classical-style buildings in background with floral border, and six examples with "Palestine" pattern featuring figures beside tent/gazebo with exotic temple-buildings in background. Printed marks include "Park / Scenery / G. PHILLIPS / LONGPORT", "PALESTINE", and "Italian / Villas. / J.H. & Co." and impressed "ADAMS". George Phillips, Longport; William Adams IV & Sons, Stoke-on-Trent; Joseph Heath & Co., Tunstall, England. 1829-1861. 10 1/2" D.
Twelve undamaged; one "Palestine" example with minor flake to rim; one "Italian Villa" with chip to rim.
Literature: Transferware Collectors Club database pattern #6522, #7158, #7749.
Provenance: From the James Dunn collection, Springfield, VT.

Twelve undamaged; one "Palestine" example with minor flake to rim; one "Italian Villa" with chip to rim.