A songbird--depicted in a manner based on ornamental traditions, rather than nature--turns...
A songbird--depicted in a manner based on ornamental traditions, rather than nature--turns from his perch on a flowering branch to observe a butterfly hovering nearby in Mellor, Venables and Co. brown transfer "British Tambourine" pattern. The central vignette of this platter is enlivened with a generous application of enamels in red, blue, yellow and deep purple.
Along the flange of this angular gothic shape platter, a finely-scaled diaper pattern is edged by a loop motif at the perimeter and--toward the well of the plate--by a much less restrained garland of enameled blossoms that might have been plucked from the flowering plant in the center.