Maker: Davenport  Pattern: Rustic Scenes Series

There are at least 20 different scenes in this series pattern, of which 3 are of a watermill and this particular scene appears in 2 versions. On smaller plates there is a windmill to the right of the watermill and on larger plates, as here, a distant village. The series is believed to have been introduced early in the 1820s and remained in production over a long period.
Backstamp is an impressed curved Davenport, which is a relatively rare Davenport backstamp and believed to have been used from about 1800 to 1820.
There is a blob of blue from the printing process on the rim at 2 o'clock, which is visible in the photograph. The glaze is finely crazed, but otherwise this plate is in superb condition.

Dimensions: 24.5 cm / 9.75 ins