English Prattware Earthenware Pottery Plate, The Truant after T. Webster
English Prattware Earthenware Pottery Plate, The Truant after T. Webster English Prattware Earthenware Pottery Plate, The Truant after T. Webster English Prattware Earthenware Pottery Plate, The Truant after T. Webster English Prattware Earthenware Pottery Plate, The Truant after T. Webster English Prattware Earthenware Pottery Plate, The Truant after T. Webster English Prattware Earthenware Pottery Plate, The Truant after T. Webster
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English Prattware Earthenware Pottery Plate, The Truant after T. Webster

DETAILS
An antique plate with polychrome, transferware oak leaf and acorn border around a central scene, with a boy and girl, cowering by the open door to a schoolroom. Inside an elderly lady is helping a little boy learn to read, while a girl and a boy wait on the bench opposite them and a cat sits curled on the doorstep.
TITLE
The Truant
STYLE
Victorian
PLACE OF ORIGIN
England
MAKER
F. & R. Pratt Company (Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, 1818-circa 1920) | Founders: Felix Edward Pratt and Richard Pratt | After a painting: Thomas Webster R.A. (English, 1800-86)
MARKS
Printed mark: The Truant / By / T. Webster
PERIOD
Queen Victoria (1837-1901) | Mid 19th century
DATE
Circa 1850
DIMENSIONS
Width 9.5 Depth 9.5 Height 1.25 inches
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