Brown Transferware Botanical Foliage Antique Platter George Jones Aesthetic Movement

Aesthetic Movement Victorian Staffordshire Transfer Ware Serving Tray or Platter MayGeorge Jones and Sons Crescent PotteryCirca 1880'sThis gorgeous brown transferware tray depicts foliage and bunches of wild flowers.  There are butterflies and dragonflies fluttering about.  It dates to the Aesthetic Movement which you can read about here:http://nancysdailydish.blogspot.com/2010/03/aesthetic-movement-and-transferware.htmlAbsolutely gorgeous detail!The company began operation in c.1864 at Stoke Upon Trent at the Trent Potteries Works as George Jones and in 1873 became George Jones & Sons Ltd. They produced gorgeous majolica and earthen wares.In 1907 the works was renamed Crescent Potteries.George Jones died in 1893.Measures 17”Condition: No chips or cracks