Circa 1822-41 Select Views BOUGHTON House R Hall Cobalt Blue Transferware Platter Fruit Flower Roses

Antique 19th Century Circa 1822-41 R HALL Select Views BOUGHTON HOUSE Platter This deeply intense blue platter comes from Ralph Hall, an earthenware and Stone China manufacturer at Swan Bank pottery works, Tunstall, Stoke On Trent.  This piece is from one of his most notable and major blue series called Select Views.  It was made for the export market and is highly sought amongst collectors.  It depicts BOUGHTON House.   History of BOUGHTON from https://blht.org/boughton/   Boughton has been home of the Montagu family and their descendants since 1528. However, the House that stands today is largely the work of Ralph Montagu, later 1st Duke of Montagu, who inherited a simple Tudor building in 1683. An English ambassador to France and patron of artists, craftsmen and decorators, the 1st Duke of Montagu wished to bring French beauty and style to the English landscape. The result was a masterpiece which is also often referred to as ‘The English Versailles’, with a plethora of courtyards, s