1883 T G & F B Huge Tudor Floral & Botanical Platter Aesthetic English Victorian Brown Transferware

 This striking dark brown transferware platter is very indicative of the love that the Victorians held for nature and oriental design.  I love the unique Tudor florals and the symmetrical way they are displayed around the platter leaving the center plain.  It's one of my favourites.It was made by T G & F B (Thomas Gilbert & Fred Booth) and the pattern is called LucknowCirca 1883 with a British registration mark Measures: 18" x 14"Condition No chips or cracks, there is age related crazing  T. G. & F. Booth  Tunstall 1883 1891 Earthenware and ironstone manufacturers at the Church (Bank) works in the High Street and at the Highgate Pottery, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent The partners were the brothers Thomas Gimbert Booth and Fred Booth As well as the pottery manufacturing business the brothers were Glass, China and Earthenware dealers and merchants. The partnership was dissolved on 1st January 1887 amd Thomas Gimbert continued on his own account. Later became Booths