Royal Doulton Black Transferware Robert Burns Poet Portrait Plate with Characters antique dinnerware with asian theme cracks and restoration

cracks and restoration

marked on bottom "Tonquin Alfred Meakin Staffordshire England - A Hand engraved pattern applied under the glaze Detergent Proof"

he and his brother continued farming together

Condition: Excellent with no chips or cracks

Measures 12 1/4"

Royal Doulton Black Transferware Robert Burns Poet Portrait Plate with Characters antique dinnerware with asian theme cracks and restorationRobert Burns Black Transferware Collector Plate by Royal Doulton Hand Painted with greens, blues, reds, gray, gold and brown Depicts Burns portrait at the center and framed with a number of his memorable characters such as Toam O Shanter, Highland Mary, Duncan Gray, etc. Measures: 10" Condition: Excellent, no chips or cracks, little crazing Burns, sometimes known as the 'ploughman poet', was the eldest son of a poverty stricken farmer. Though his