Antique Blue Border Pratt Ware Transferware Plate Gilt & Blue Border "Lend A Bite" empress BROWN POLYCHROME TRANSFER WARE CUP

BROWN POLYCHROME TRANSFER WARE CUP AND SAUCER

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The cobalt blue floral and fruit border just makes this pop

Yellow transferware is the rarest of all colors and two color transfers are even rarer paired with another color

Antique Blue Border Pratt Ware Transferware Plate Gilt & Blue Border "Lend A Bite" empress BROWN POLYCHROME TRANSFER WARE CUPPrattware Staffordshire Polychrome Transferware Plate For consideration is this early Prattware plate depicting a group of 5 people plus a smiling dog and a scared looking monkey and the title "Lend a Bite". One young man appears to be taking a bite of a piece of fruit from another young man while a young lady looks on. Another man sits on a rock or tree stump with a monkey at his feet. To complete the scene a long haired friendly looking dog is