English Prattware Earthenware Pottery Plate, The Truant after T. Webster troughs (1) Width 12

(1) Width 12

Round plate in the Imari color palate

The natural wood on the frame was originally painted

Copyright 2002

Pattern: Louis XV (1891)

English Prattware Earthenware Pottery Plate, The Truant after T. Webster troughs (1) Width 12DETAILS 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,