Maker: Unattributed Maker  Pattern: Oriental Sports

Oriental Sports is a copy of Spode's Indian Sporting Series. A version is known made by Edward Challinor, who briefly operated the Overhouse Works at Burslem in the early 1820s, but this plate is from another version, which has a slightly different backstamp to pieces identified as being by Challinor. The scene is Death of the Bear.
Backstamp: blue printed thistle and rose cartouche, with crown above and ORIENTAL SPORTS within banner.
Provenance: The personal collection of Gresham Copeland, passing by descent to his son Robert Copeland. Collection identification label on back AGC 311.
The glaze is finely crazed and there is a tight hairline running in from the rim for 1.5" 3.5cm at 11 o'clock. Otherwise fine.

Dimensions: 25 cm / 10 ins