Blue Pearlware Miniature Bowl GRAZING COW MONASTERY Hackwood Staffordshire 1830

Description

Pearlware Childs Miniature Dinner
Plate
MONASTERY INSTITUTION ON THE HILL
Cockson & Harding late Hackwood
Staffordshire England c1830
This is stunning and scarce historical Staffordshire toy
plate c
1830.
T
ransfer printed in a rich cobalt
flow
blue with a pearlware glaze,
measuring 3-1/2 inches in diameter. The plate is finely detailed, depicting a farmer and his cow walking at the foot of a hill, with a humble cottage in the foreground and a church monastery at the top of the hill. Morning glories and lilies on a vine wind around the border. The pattern name is most commonly known as
Monastery Hill
, also referred to as
Monastery on the Hill
and/or
Institution
.
M
arked C&H/late Hackwood, which
telling
it was a made during the transition
of two
factor
ies, the Cockson & Harding factory merging with Hackwood
. The
plate
dates to the 1830-40s.
William Hackwood
was
an esteemed pottery maker in the Staffordshire district of England in the 1830s. The quality of the form and detailing of the engraved image is far superior to what would be expected on these diminutive sized pieces.
The
plate
is in great condition, with
no
chips, cracks or repairs.  Glaze ponding and minor imperfections original to the making and typical of these early wares, but outstanding overall considering age and scarcity of the form and pattern. The tiny
pate
is a miniature work of art, and will make a fine addition to any collection of childrens wares or miniature doll house transferware.