Plate, Parasol and Birds #2

Item Number: P141
Shape Type: Dinner Plate
Pattern Name: Parasol and Birds #2
Date: c. 1800-1814
Dimensions: D 9.25″
Maker:  Rainforth
Maker’s Mark: Unmarked
Description:
An earthenware dinner plate printed in blue with the Parasol and Birds #2 pattern.  The original design had no birds in flight although this plate has one. A documented Rainforth & Co. marked plate is known. It has two birds in flight. The Chinese pattern, from which this pattern was adapted, was copied from a design by Dutch artist Cornelis Pronk (1691-1759) who drafted several designs for the Dutch East India Co. and their export trade c. 1735.  The pattern is documented in Chinoiserie: Printed British Ceramics in the Chinese Style, 1750-1900, by R. Halliday and L. Zeller, Gomer Press, 2018.
Condition: Very Good.