English transfer printed ABC plate with picture of a school room with teacher and infant pupils c1835-40

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£375

Dated: 1835 to 1840 Probably North East England

An ABC plate with underglaze transfer print in mossy green of a schoolroom with infants and a teacher at a large console desk. The border of the plate shows several sporting activities. The central panel depicts a schoolroom with doll-like pupils seated on benches and a child wearing a dunce hat standing in front of the teacher who sits at an imposing desk. A naive and charming depiction of school life at the beginning of the Victorian era.

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Description

An ABC plate with underglaze transfer print in mossy green of a schoolroom with infants and a teacher at a large console desk.

The border of the plate shows several sporting activities. The central panel depicts a schoolroom with doll-like pupils seated on benches and a child wearing a dunce hat standing in front of the teacher who sits at an imposing desk.

A naive and charming depiction of school life at the beginning of the Victorian era.