Plate, House on the Bridge

Item Number: P208
Item Shape:  Dinner Plate
Pattern Name: House on the Bridge
Date: c. 1818-1824
Dimensions: D 10″
Maker:  Charles Heathcote
Maker’s Mark: UnpressedDescription:
An indented dinner plate printed in blue undergalze with a TCC assigned pattern name House on the Bridge. The outer border consists of a rope design on the rim combined with palms laid horizontally interspersed with fruits and leaves and exotic birds. The inner border design consists of a wavy leafless branch. Printed in a pleasant medium blue. The central landscape scene consists of two palm tress on the right (although only one trunk can be seen) and pine trees on the left. The trees frame a river scene with two fishermen in the foreground, two more figures standing on a three-arched bridge in the center with a building to its right. Buildings and mountains can be seen in the distance on the opposite side of the river.
Condition: Very good. Only two small chips to the underside.