19C Nursery Rhyme Childs Light Blue Transferware Plate Little Boy w/ Cows pheasant plate heirloom quality piece

heirloom quality piece

Pretty Fall tea towels (I displayed them as dinner napkins for a photo setting) Embroidered with pumpkins and vines

Last photo is of my partial collection of red/black transferware (from which this piece comes) in my entry way at a previous home we lived in

Buildings dot the alpine landscape in the background

This unusual

19C Nursery Rhyme Childs Light Blue Transferware Plate Little Boy w/ Cows pheasant plate heirloom quality pieceA rare find, this childs nursery plate depicts a little boy blowing a horn standing near two cows. The border around this scene depicts bird, butterflies and flowers within scrolling branches. Below the scene a banner reads "For A Good Child". Childrens nursery rhyme plates were given as gifts to children as rewards for good behaviour. They were also used to encourage morality and as educational aids throughout the early to mid 19th century. Measures: