Very Fine Samuel Alcock Dessert Plate c.1855

A fine bone china dessert plate from the factory of Samuel Alcock, produced in Stoke on Trent around 1855. The plate is decorated with a central, hand-painted seascape showing three men in a rowing boat off a coastal town. The rim of light blue with pierced decoration. The whole highlighted with fine gilding. The base bears the hand-written, fractional pattern number, 4 / 3468, in red.