Staffordshire Circa 1810-25 Davenport Reticulated Gray Black Transferware Chestnut Bowl Butterfly Catching Scene

Here is a very, very rare piece by Davenport of North Staffordshire England, called a Chestnut bowl. Chestnut bowls rarely survived due to their very fragile nature. Most often, they had an underplate with them. Chestnuts were served in these Chinese style porcelain baskets, freshly roasted and peeled, then eaten like any nut. The slotted/reticulated bowl allowed the escape of steam from the hot chestnuts.This bowl is a wonderful example of transferware scenes first being Anglicized by the English. Before 1810, all the designs were copied from hand painted Chinese porcelains. As tastes changed, so did designs and more Pastoral scenes were introduced. The scene depicts a stately English manor in the background and a couple in the foreground, one holding a butterfly net....or possibly a fishing net. I've seen this pattern referred to as both, so I am not completely certain which it is. The border looks like a type of fern. The pattern has also been called a few different names by dealers